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H E T I C tr L T U R B 



March 22, 1913 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



An excellent attendance of mem- 

 bers were on hand, Tuesday evening, 

 March 18, to greet Edwin Jenkins, 

 who came down from Lenox to give 

 a little talk on "Sweet Peas." The 

 way that gentleman gathered in the 

 prizes at last year's sweet pea show 

 prepared the members to expect some- 

 thing good and practical on this occa- 

 sion and they were not disappointed. 

 Wm. Sim staged three superb vases of 

 his long-stemmed beauties in honor of 

 the occasion and they made a fine ob- 

 ject lesson to accentuate Mr. Jenkins' 

 remarks. At the close of his talk, 

 which was impromptu, mostly, a good 

 many leading questions were asked 

 and promptly answered, and then a 

 standing vote of thanks was extended. 



Mr. Jenkins spoke of the distin- 

 guishing features of the Spencer type 

 of peas, the principal one being the 

 open keel and the greater ease with 

 which natural cross fertilization might 

 occur as compared with the form of 

 the keel in the old types which made 

 crossing, except by artificial means 

 next to impossible — this explaining in 

 part the tendency of the Spencer seed 

 to come untrue. As to the possibility 

 of the sweet pea "sporting" he was 

 cautious and not disposed to either 

 assert or deny. He gave an interest- 

 ing account of the origin of the Spen- 

 cer type and as an evidence of the 

 tremendous size of the sweet pea grow- 

 ing industry, instanced the fact that 

 California seed growers devote 17,000 

 acres to this specialty and ship over 

 5,000 tons in a good year. He talked 

 interestingly of the various expedients 

 adopted to ensure prompt germination 

 of the seed, such as soaking for a few 

 hours in warm water, filing or clip- 

 ping each individual seed, etc. He 

 favored soaking but admitted that un- 

 der certain conditions of chill or damp- 

 ness seed thus treated was liable to 

 rot sometimes. He emphasized the 

 importance of early sowing — February 

 or early March, according to latitude, 

 etc. — in pots and advocated a tempera- 

 ture of about 60 degrees for germina- 

 tion, but after that 45 degrees is as 

 high as should be permitted. For the 

 planting outside he advised trenches 

 not less than two and one-half feet in 

 depth and two feet wide, filled up with 

 very rich compost; this should be pre- 

 pared in the fall. As to insects and 

 diseases he spoke at length, mention- 

 ing mildew as one of the most diffi- 

 cult troubles to combat and giving as 

 the best remedy a spraying with liver 

 of sulphur, one ounce to ten gallons 

 of water. Plenty of soot and wood 

 ashes in the soil would help to keep 

 the cut-worm down. As essentials in 

 sweet pea growing he mentioned shad- 

 ing, wide spacing of the plants, pinch- 

 ing, constant picking of the blooms, 

 etc. Speaking on the subject of ex- 

 hibiting, he said that judges should 

 not be expected to count the sprays in 

 every vase before making their 

 awards. 



W. P. Edgar, who was intrusted with 

 the duty of looking up railroad and 

 steamboat rates for the trip to the In- 

 ternational Flower Show made a re- 

 port recommending the Colonial Line 

 of steamers via Providence as giving a 

 low rate for specified number. The 

 secretary was asked to send out dou- 

 ble postal cards to the members to 



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