. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. THE MODERN SWEET PEA. Burpee's Primrose Spencer, Primrose. -(About Two-Thirds Natural Size.) Apple Blossom, Rose and Blush. quently it cannot profitably lie sold at bargain prices. The best method to follow with this fern is to purchase strong- young- plants from 3 or 4-inch pots in the spring and as they grow quite rapidly to pot on and space them out in a fairly light and airy house. Such stock should make good plants in 7 or 8-inch pots in readiness for Ciirist- mas sales, and the species may be safely recommen
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. THE MODERN SWEET PEA. Burpee's Primrose Spencer, Primrose. -(About Two-Thirds Natural Size.) Apple Blossom, Rose and Blush. quently it cannot profitably lie sold at bargain prices. The best method to follow with this fern is to purchase strong- young- plants from 3 or 4-inch pots in the spring and as they grow quite rapidly to pot on and space them out in a fairly light and airy house. Such stock should make good plants in 7 or 8-inch pots in readiness for Ciirist- mas sales, and the species may be safely recommended as a house plant. W. H. The Modern Sweet Pea III. THE SWEET PEA SOCIETIES. Just as 1 was begin- ning this article a let- ter came from New York announcing a movement to organize an American National Sweet Pea Society. I judge that Harry Bunyard is a prime mover in it. and it states that Harry Turner, president of the New York Florists' Club, will lend his influence to the project, and that its June meeting would be set aside for a sweet pea exhibition. Here in Cali- fornia we shall be glad to join also, and give it cordial recognition. I hail this as a very auspicious sign, and no doubt the friendly hand will be promptly extended by the very prosper- ous national society in Great Britain. We can again repeat that "the sweet pea has a keel that was meant to seek all shores, it has wings that were meant to fly across all continents; it has a standard that is friendly to all nations, and it has a fragrance like the universal ; There has been considerable complaint among the English fanciers that the American grown seed of the Spencer novelties gave them back a different color. We shall need a good American committee in this matter. And I, for one, shall try to keep California in close touch with the men on the other side, and shall sacredly guard the most friendly comity. POPUL.\BITy IN AMEBICA. But my first anxiety is not to keep pace with the van of
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