. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SWEET PEAS FOR OUTDOORS. It probably will be some weeks yet before sweet peas can be sown outdoors, but much finer and earlier blooms may be obtained by starting a good batch of seeds under glass now. It is best to use only a few varieties. Reliable sorts to start are King White or Nora Unwin, white; Hercules or Countess Spencer, clear pink; Florence Nightingale, lav- ender; Thomas Stevenson, scarlet; Rosa- belle, carmine-rose. If any other colors are wanted, try Elfrida Pearson, blush; Mrs. C. W. Breadmore, picotee-edged; Captain of the Blues, cle
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SWEET PEAS FOR OUTDOORS. It probably will be some weeks yet before sweet peas can be sown outdoors, but much finer and earlier blooms may be obtained by starting a good batch of seeds under glass now. It is best to use only a few varieties. Reliable sorts to start are King White or Nora Unwin, white; Hercules or Countess Spencer, clear pink; Florence Nightingale, lav- ender; Thomas Stevenson, scarlet; Rosa- belle, carmine-rose. If any other colors are wanted, try Elfrida Pearson, blush; Mrs. C. W. Breadmore, picotee-edged; Captain of the Blues, clear blue; Blanche Ferry Spencer, rose and white; Mrs. Hugh Dickson, salmon pink. The best selling colors are clear pink, white, lav- ender and rose. Start the seeds in flats of pure sand and later pot off singly into 3-inch pots. They will do particularly well in a gen- tle hotbed toward the end of March and in the colder states can usually be planted out with safety from April 15 to 25. To secure good sweet peas, deep and well enriched soil is necessary. A successful sweet pea grower has boiled down successful sweet pea culture out- doors into a dozen words: "Manure liberally, spade deeply, sow early, brush speedily, water freely, pick persist- ; A foot apart is close enough to plant the sweet peas. This may seem thin sowing at the start, but if the soil was well prepared, the haulm will soon make it difficult to see through the rows. SWEET PEAS DAMPING OFF. Can you tell me what ails my sweet peasf I am losing many of them by damping off when the plants are five to six inches high. I bought seeds from a reliable house. E. R. B.—Tex. your soil and cultural conditions. Sweet pek8->pucceed best in a light but fairly rich soil. To achieve success in their culture under glass, they should not be sown in drills, as is done outdoors, but started in flats or small pots and set out four or five inches apart. No hilling up should be done, as this will cause damping o
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