gardens, as it is a low grower and a
fair bearer; but it is now much surpassed by Bishop's Long-podded and
Burbridge's Eclipse, both of which are considered more prolific and
better flavored.

BRITISH QUEEN. _Cot. Gard._

Hair's Defiance. Tall White Mammoth. Erin's Queen.

The plant is of a showy and robust habit of growth, from six to seven
feet high, sometimes with a single stem, but generally branching within
nine inches or a foot of the ground, and frequently furnished with two
and even three laterals, which are of the same height as the whole
plant. The pods begin to be produced at the first joint above the first
lateral shoot, and are in number from thirteen to eighteen on each
plant. They are generally single, but frequently in pairs, from three
inches and a quarter to three inches and three-quarters long, rather
flattened and broad when first fit to gather, but becoming round and
plump when more advanced. They are quite smooth, of a bright-green
color, slightly curved, wavy on the upper edge, and contain from five
to seven exceedingly large peas, which are not so close together as to
compress each other. The ripe seed is white, large, and wrinkled.

Sown the 1st of May, the plants will blossom about the 30th of June, and
pods may be plucked for use about the 15th of July. They will ripen off
about the 1st of August.

This is one of the best late peas in cultivation. It belongs to the
class known as Wrinkled, or Knight's Marrow; but is much superior in
every respect to all the old varieties usually called Knight's Marrows,
being much more prolific and richly flavored. As an intermediate
variety, it deserves a place in every garden.

BURBRIDGE'S ECLIPSE. _Cot. Gard._

Stubbs's Dwarf.

Plant a robust grower, always with a simple stem, attaining the height
of a foot and a half to about two feet; pods in pairs, rarely single,
and from three inches to three inches and a quarter long, seven-tenths
of an inch broad, perfectly straight, and of equal width throughout,
with a slight waving on the upper edge,--they contain from five to seven
peas, which are ovate, nearly half an inch long, a third of an inch
broad, and the same in thickness.

Seed was planted May 1, the plants blossomed June 26, and pods were
plucked for use July 14.

This may be classed among the valuable contributions which have been
made to the list of peas during the last few years. Unlike most of the
dwarf varieties, it is a most prod