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IRISH GARDENING 



young plants can have plenty of light and air in A\hen the seedlings are two inches high, and 

 fine weather : or seeds may he soAvn in gentle hardened off before transferring them to their 

 heat in February, and removed to a cold frame permanent quarters. If 5 to 8 seeds ))e placed 



around the edge of a 

 7-inch pot, it will he 

 easy to t\;ni out the 

 ball and separate the 

 }:)lants withovt injuring 

 the small rootlets. Everi/ 

 root should be carefully 

 conserved, and when 

 they are shaken out to 

 their fullest length they 

 should be set in holes 

 deep enough to receive 

 them without cramp- 

 ing, and at spaces w>/ 

 less than 2 feet apart. 

 If the work is carefully 

 done the plants will 

 grow rapidly, and soon 

 form a dense hedge 

 covered with fine flow- 

 ers from end to end of 

 the row. Faihires most 

 frequently are the result 

 of too close j)lanting. 



To secure long stems 

 I'apid growth is essen- 

 tial, and this can only 

 be produced by a co- 

 pious supply of moist- 

 ure. My own practice 

 has been to give a 

 liberal application of 

 liquid manure once a 

 week. This I jirepare 

 by placing in a barrel 

 of water a bag of sheeji 

 droppings and a bag 

 of soot, and stirring up 

 occasionally to kee]) 

 the liquid at a uniform 

 strength. In wet 

 weather watering need 

 not be so frequent, but 

 an application of some 

 suitable nuxnure to the 

 surface will soon be 

 washed in by the 

 falling shoAvers. 



The method of a]?- 

 plying the liquid man- 

 ure in dry weather is 

 of vital importance. 

 Most ]ieople sjirinkle 

 it on the surface with 

 an ordinary watering 



can, with the residt 

 """"] King White. ['^'S"-'- Drommomi ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ 



The best white Sweet Pea )et introduced, large waved Jlowere, \isuall.v four to a stem. 



