SWEET-PEA. )0l 



tree, and thus are far more beautiful than when 

 planted in straight rows like pottage-peas in a 

 kitchen garden. 



The time of sowing the Sweet-Pea must in 

 some measure be regulated by the weather, as 

 well as by the nature of the soil, as where the 

 earth is wet and cold it must of necessity be de- 

 ferred longer than in those situations where it is 

 light and warm. 



We have generally observed that those Avhich 

 have been sown in February have been the most 

 productive of -flowers, although it is desirable to 

 make a second sowing in March and a third in 

 April, so as to have a succession of these fragrant 

 blossoms. 



When sown in pots the earth should be rather 

 of a retentive nature than too light, and the pots 

 should be of the deepest kind. October is a 

 good time for this sowing, and when they are re- 

 moved to the house or placed under frames to 

 protect them from the frost, they will require 

 more frequent waterings than most other housed 

 plants. 



