f its very numerous sub-varieties, is now to be
found in almost every garden. It is hardy, abundant, long-continued in
its yield, and of excellent quality. In England, the variety is
cultivated in single rows three feet apart. In this country, where the
growth of the pea is much less luxuriant, it may be grown in double rows
three feet and a half apart, and twelve inches between the single rows.

TAYLOR'S EARLY.

Similar in habit, production, and early maturity, to the Early Dan
O'Rourke.

THURSTON'S RELIANCE. _Cot. Gard._

Plant strong and robust, six to seven feet high; pods generally single,
but occasionally in pairs, and from three inches and a half to four
inches and a quarter long. They are broad and flat, shaped like the pods
of the Blue Cimeter, and contain seven or eight very large peas. Ripe
seed white, large, and unevenly compressed.

This is a quite distinct and useful pea; an abundant bearer; and the
pods are of a fine deep-green color, which is a recommendation for it
when grown for market. It comes in at the same time as the Auvergne and
Shillings Grotto, but is of a more tender constitution.

TOM THUMB.

Beck's Gem. Bush Pea. Pois nain hatif extra, of the French.

Plant of remarkably low growth, seldom much exceeding nine inches in
height, stout and branching; pods single, rarely in pairs, two inches
and a half in length, half an inch broad, containing five or six peas,
which are cream-yellow, and measure about a fourth of an inch in
diameter.

Planted the 1st of May, the variety blossomed the 12th of June, and the
pods were of suitable size for plucking July 4.

In the color of its foliage, its height and general habit, the variety
is very distinct, and readily distinguishable from all other kinds. It
is early, of good quality, and, the height of the plant considered,
yields abundantly. It may be cultivated in rows ten inches apart.

Mr. Landreth, of Philadelphia, remarks as follows: "For sowing at this
season (November, in the Middle States), we recommend trial of a new
variety, which we have designated 'Tom Thumb,' in allusion to its
extreme dwarfness. It seldom rises over twelve inches, is an abundant
bearer, and is, withal, quite early. It seems to be admirably adapted to
autumn sowings in the South, where, on apprehended frost, protection may
be given: it is also equally well suited to early spring planting for
the same reason. It is curious, as well as useful; and, if planted on