. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1905' The American Florist. 523. •Vs BOUGAINVILLEA SANDERIANA.—Fig. 6 The Sweet Pea. Many admirers of that sweetest and most beautiful of summer blooming flowers, the sweet pea, have experienced utter failure in trying to grow it. The thrifty, rapid growing vines seem to promise an abundance of flowers, but, on the contrary, only a few small blos- soms appear in the whole season to repay the gardener for the tender care he has given them. It is sometimes dif- ficult to say just what is the cause of this failure, b
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1905' The American Florist. 523. •Vs BOUGAINVILLEA SANDERIANA.—Fig. 6 The Sweet Pea. Many admirers of that sweetest and most beautiful of summer blooming flowers, the sweet pea, have experienced utter failure in trying to grow it. The thrifty, rapid growing vines seem to promise an abundance of flowers, but, on the contrary, only a few small blos- soms appear in the whole season to repay the gardener for the tender care he has given them. It is sometimes dif- ficult to say just what is the cause of this failure, but perhaps the following notes may help solve the question for some unsuccessful growers. Perhaps the most frequent cause of failure is that the seed is not started early enough in the spring. Just as soon as the ground can be worked, even though it be still somewhat cold and wet, the seed should be planted. If the field is well drained there is rarely any trouble about it germinating. From my own experience I should say that later planted peas are generally a failure. This last season bare spaces in the rows were replanted two or three weeks after the first sowing, and although the plants received exactly the same care as the others, and the vines grew very tall, only a few imperfect flowers were borne on them. The soil best suited for the sweet pea is a rich, light, sandy loam. With me the vines never get to be more than five or six feet tall but are covered with flowers throughout the season, bearing as many as the best of those growing twice as tall. Beginning to flower when only a foot high, they continue to flower long after those on a heavier soil have passed. Having no way to water them in dry weather, I find it very necessary to have them rooted deep in the ground. Before the seed is planted a large furrow is made with a two-horse plow, going twice in the row. Wood ashes are then applied and thoroughly raked in. The seed is scattered nearly the width of the furrow
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