Sweet peas and how to grow them . in oneshoot and flowered soon after Christmas. It was sown at the end ofOctober. I got a little seed, and about 75 per cent, of this kept theparents habit, while the rest went back to the ordinary grandiflorustype. The following year I heard about Mr. Zvolanecks strain ofwinter-flowering Sweet Peas, and purchased some of them. I foundthese to have exactly the same habit as my own. I am therefore ofthe opinion that all these, winter-flowering Sweet Peas are simplysports of the ordinary L. odoratus. Since then I have also hadsimilar sports from Miss Willmott, Do
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Sweet peas and how to grow them . in oneshoot and flowered soon after Christmas. It was sown at the end ofOctober. I got a little seed, and about 75 per cent, of this kept theparents habit, while the rest went back to the ordinary grandiflorustype. The following year I heard about Mr. Zvolanecks strain ofwinter-flowering Sweet Peas, and purchased some of them. I foundthese to have exactly the same habit as my own. I am therefore ofthe opinion that all these, winter-flowering Sweet Peas are simplysports of the ordinary L. odoratus. Since then I have also hadsimilar sports from Miss Willmott, Dorothy Eckford, and LadyGrisel Hamilton ; I have also crossed these with Mr. Zvolanecks andthe Algerian kinds, which are practically all the same, and hope tobe able to select some strong, large-flowering kinds in the course ofa year or two. I know that some say a Sweet Pea never sports. But whoeveradvances this theory evidently means that a single Sweet Pea plantnever bears two distinctly coloured flowers, such as we occasionally. H 100 SWEET PEAS find with clirysanthemums, carnations, roses, etc. All the prosand cons of this question originate with the difference of opinion asregards the definition of the word sport. Whatever these winter-flowering Sweet Peas are, at present they are certainly not what theymight be, at least in the winter. Some of them are very good inthe spring, and if sown in January, planted in a cool, light, and airyhouse, they will give some very good blooms about April. They canalso certainly be had in flower throughout the winter, if sown inAugust or September, but owing to the lack of light the blooms aresmall and open badly in midwinter. No doubt in Algiers, or underglass in the States, where there is bright sun, even if the temperatureoutdoors is low, these winter-flowering varieties can be brought toperfection, and have doubtless a distinct commercial value. Here, however, they are hardly likely to be of great use to the man whogrows for profit. Cupi