Sweet peas and how to grow them . is suggested on page 16.At the back is a row of Sweet Peas, of true red tone, such as Mars,Firefly, or the splendid King Edward II. This row. A, willrequire rich feeding, to induce the Peas to grow as tall aspossible, and their training from youth should be conducted so asto secure height. The spaces at B and C look best filled up with FIG. 3.—THINNING AND STOPPING SWEET PEAS Thinning : B, part of row of seedlings from thick sowing of seed, showingnecessity of thinning to secure sturdy plants and fine blooms. C,plants from seed placed in wide drill in double
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Sweet peas and how to grow them . is suggested on page 16.At the back is a row of Sweet Peas, of true red tone, such as Mars, Firefly, or the splendid King Edward II. This row. A, willrequire rich feeding, to induce the Peas to grow as tall aspossible, and their training from youth should be conducted so asto secure height. The spaces at B and C look best filled up with FIG. 3.—THINNING AND STOPPING SWEET PEAS Thinning : B, part of row of seedlings from thick sowing of seed, showingnecessity of thinning to secure sturdy plants and fine blooms. C, plants from seed placed in wide drill in double rows, 1 inch apart :q, thinned to 1J inches distance apart; r, unthinned, 1 inch apart indouble row. D, row with plants thinned to 3 inches apart. E, double-drill plants thinned to 6 inches asunder : s, extra thinning to 12 inchesapart, stopping them at fi to 12 inches high to make them branch freelyif necessary. [Stopping : F, plant stopped when 6 inches high : t, growing point nippedoJE. G, plant stopped when 12 inches high.. ?^ -7 ???? • SCALE ilN.= 1 INCH FIG. 3.—THINNING AND STOPPING SWEET PEAS. 10 SWEET PEAS u m two varieties of the bush SweetPeas, which do not grow as highas others, yet are not real dwarfs ;the choice among these is some-what limited, hut Blanche Ferry, of which the wings are a purpleshaded pink, and the standardslight rose, and Piamona, a creamywhite, flaked with pink, wouldlook beautiful. The foregroundis best planted with all one sort ofPea. The rich pink Enchantress, or paler pink Prima Donna, maybe the choice. Supposing a borderin the open were to be plantedaccording to this arrangement, itwould only be necessary to havethe row or hedge of the carmineSweet Pea as the centrepiece allthe length, and repeat the scallops1), and C and the foreground Don the other side of it as well.Clumps of Sweet Peas are shownoff to great advantage, and thesupjiorting sticks become quitehidden by foliage and blossombefore the season is very far ad-vanced. This illu