. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 2442. Gaiety Sweet Pea. been prepared in the fall, and the seed going in as soon as the frost is out. This first planting should be covered one inch, the place where the row comes being hollowed out about three inches
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 2442. Gaiety Sweet Pea. been prepared in the fall, and the seed going in as soon as the frost is out. This first planting should be covered one inch, the place where the row comes being hollowed out about three inches to hold moisture. A later plant- ing needs to be covered with three inches of soil. Slow. 2443. Red Riding Hood Sweet Pea. germination and almost a standstill condition through the month of May is better than any forcing process. Only the thinnest top-soil should be disturbed in hoeing and no soil filled in earlier than June, if at all. Cut- worms must be shown no quarter. A light mulch is excellent for shading the ground. Whatever support is given the vines must be strong and six feet high. A wire trellis answers well, but good birches give the vines a chance to ramble and they are cooler and more airy. Rows should run north and south. All the strength of the vines should be conserved by keeping the pods removed. ^\r# t. Hutchins. California's Contributions to the Sweet Pea.— The pink and white Sweet Pea, or, as it was popularly known, the "Painted Lady," is an old-time garden favorite which was greatly esteemed by flower lovers for its beautiful coloring and delightful fragrance. This type, with the old style white-flowered kind and a few small-flowered sorts of dull and unattractive color- ing, constituted for many years the entire assortment of varieties known to gardeners. When any one spoke of the Sweet Pea the Painted Lady was understood, in the same way that in speaking of a tea rose the favorite Safrano was the variety alwaj's referred to. In the past twel
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