. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. 40 Arthur T. Boddington. 342 West 14th New Vork City BODDINGTQN'S QUALITY SWEET PEAS THF PITT TITRF OF SWFFT PF AS McGee Pratt, the well-known authority on Sweet Peas. Dig a trt-nch i foot 1 llVj V^ULr 1 \JI\L, \Jl O LiL, I 1 l^ ^j^.^.^^ .j^^,, , j^^^^^ ^^.j,,^, . .^j i^,,^,„„ tramp down 3 inclK-s manure, then place 4 inches good soil, also firmed down well. Sow Peas in double row, not too thick, and cover w ith earth to top of trench. If firmed to i inch below the sur- face, it does best in a
. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. 40 Arthur T. Boddington. 342 West 14th New Vork City BODDINGTQN'S QUALITY SWEET PEAS THF PITT TITRF OF SWFFT PF AS McGee Pratt, the well-known authority on Sweet Peas. Dig a trt-nch i foot 1 llVj V^ULr 1 \JI\L, \Jl O LiL, I 1 l^ ^j^.^.^^ .j^^,, , j^^^^^ ^^.j,,^, . .^j i^,,^,„„ tramp down 3 inclK-s manure, then place 4 inches good soil, also firmed down well. Sow Peas in double row, not too thick, and cover w ith earth to top of trench. If firmed to i inch below the sur- face, it does best in a dry season. Never draw soil on top of the growing vines; it settles in the ( rown formed just above the ground, holds water and rots the plant, and the dead vine is then believed to suffer from the blight. All I'eas should be well firmed in well-pulverized soil. The greatest enemy to young .Sweet Peas is the cutworm, and they are so destructive as to prevent some people from ever having a good stancl of Sweet Peas. They usually take the young shoots just as they come up, and while some plants will send out new shoots and grow again after being cut off, niost of them are cut too far down and are ruined. A sprinkling of lime over the row sometimes helps to keej; out the cutworms. A handful of grass, dipped in a solution of Paris green will .sometimes attract the worms and the poison kills them. The New Orchid-flowering Sweet Peas, Countess of Spencer Hybrids Here we have a new distinct type and form in Sweet Peas. Tlie flower-stems are unusually long and the flowers are so set on the stem that there is a graceful fluffiness to a bunch of them in distinct contrast to the ordinary kinds of Sweet Peas. So far but few colors have developed in this type, aufl some of these sport or change more or less in flowering. The wings and standartls of the flowers are ver\ large, and its graceful form, with the immense size, make it certain to supersede all older kinds of .Sweet Peas, as fa
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