. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. 52 Arthur T. Boddington. 342 West 14th New Vork City A Few Hints on the Successful Growing of Sweet Peas BY AN EXPERT Buy your seeds early and sow early. , . ,, , r i .1 ⢠Nfvcr sow sfcd of Swuit I'oas on the same land in successive years. If your garden is small and vou find tins ne( ess: be remove<l and filled in afresh following the instructions given below. , , 11 f ,1 â.\ ,f n,- The soil for Sweet Peas should be rich and deep and prepared early (preferably m the fall of the year) if this i;
. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. 52 Arthur T. Boddington. 342 West 14th New Vork City A Few Hints on the Successful Growing of Sweet Peas BY AN EXPERT Buy your seeds early and sow early. , . ,, , r i .1 ⢠Nfvcr sow sfcd of Swuit I'oas on the same land in successive years. If your garden is small and vou find tins ne( ess: be remove<l and filled in afresh following the instructions given below. , , 11 f ,1 â.\ ,f n,- The soil for Sweet Peas should be rich and deep and prepared early (preferably m the fall of the year) if this i; slaked lime and wood ashes should be thoroughly dug into the ground , â j A good rich turfy loam is the ideal soil for growing Sweet Peas, thoroughly enriched with good rotted , ,, manure or bone meal, and dug in as deeply as possible. , , r . -j a ru -^u \. If your soil is not of the above consistency, dig a trench two feet deep and two feet wide and hll with , ^ good rich turfy loam that has been thoroughly mixed with rotted manure or bone meal, in proportion ot three- fez- fourths soil to one-fourth fertilizer, according to the condition of the soil. ^ r â r- - Jk Do not sow your Sweet Peas thickly or too thinly (one ounce of Sweet Peas to five feet is a fair average). If the Peas should grow too thickly, thin out to about two inches apart, but not neces- sarily in a single row, rather alternately, viz. Seed of the black-seeded varieties can be sown as soon as the frost is out of ground, provided it Is not too wet, the white-seeded varieties should not be sown until the ground is warm and dry. Before sowing, pulverize your soil in the trench about three inches deep. Sow seeds, in a double row about ten inches apart, about two inches below the surface and tread down firnilj*. For training the vines, use either "brush" (that is branches of birch or other light material) or large mesh wire netting held by posts, the brush or the netting should run about fiv
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