. Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas Countess Spbnckr Dreer's Select SWEET PEAS There are hundreds of both Orchid-flowered and Grandiflora varieties of Sweet Peas, many of which are practically identical and still others which lack either size, purity of color, vigor or some other characteristic which all first-class sorts should have. It would be an easy matter for us to greatly extend our list; but we think it best to confine our offers to such sorts as are really first class, and every variety we offer is entitled to a place in the front rank of Sweet Peas. In addition to the splendid list of Orchi
. Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas Countess Spbnckr Dreer's Select SWEET PEAS There are hundreds of both Orchid-flowered and Grandiflora varieties of Sweet Peas, many of which are practically identical and still others which lack either size, purity of color, vigor or some other characteristic which all first-class sorts should have. It would be an easy matter for us to greatly extend our list; but we think it best to confine our offers to such sorts as are really first class, and every variety we offer is entitled to a place in the front rank of Sweet Peas. In addition to the splendid list of Orchid-flowered sorts offered on the page opposite we also offer the very latest intro- ductions, which are fully described on page 61. HOW TO GROW SWEET PEAS. The soil for Sweet Peas should be rich and deep. A good rich loam, with plenty of well-rotted manure in it, is the ideal soil for raising good plants that will produce plenty of blooms of good sub- stance. Soils that are at all heavy are best dug in the autumn, and during the winter months a good dressing of hardwood ashes or air- slacked lime should be given it. They should be in a positicn fully exposed to the sunlight and air on both sides of the row. Much depends on the state of the weather as to when the seed may be sown out of doors; but they should be sown as early in the season as the ground can be worked, which is usually between the middle of March and the middle of April in the latitude of Philadelphia. It is best to make a trench or furrow about six inches deep,in the bottom of which sow the seed. Cover with about an inch of soil, pressing it down firmly. As soon as they are above ground, thin out to two to four inches apart; when '-N planted too close they do not attain their full de- velopment. They should be staked up either with branches of brush or stout stakes on which wire netting has been fastened. These should be at least four feet high, and five feet would be better. 9? It is just as well to do the staki
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