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Journal of Agriculture. 



[8 Oct., 1907. 



blooming. Plants will flower during the greater part of summer in moist 

 and cool districts and situations. 



In addition to the ordinary sweet peas that attain an average height 

 of about six feet, there are two other types known as " Cupid " and 

 "Bush" sweet peas. These are dwarf growing types; the first named 

 grows to a height of only six inches, and the latter eighteen inches. 

 They are useful for edges of borders, but on account of short flower 

 siems are not as popular as the tall varieties. 



The perennial kinds are propagated from seeds, divisions, or cuttings 

 of the young shoots in spring under a bell glass. Seeds should be sown 

 in pans or boxes early in summer, and may be transplanted in the follow- 

 ing spring. Lathyrus latifolius and its varieties do not produce seeds 

 Ireelv, so propagation from divisions and cuttings is resorted to as a 



EARLIEST OF ALL SWEET PEA. 



LATHYRUS PUBESCENS. BLUE, 



PERENNIAL, CLIMBING PEA. 



certain means of increase. Cuttings when rooted mav be grown in pots 

 for the first season, or may be planted at once where it is intended they 

 should grow. They produce their growth during spring, bloom during 

 summer, and die down to the ground during autumn. They are suitable 

 for clumps in the garden, and for covering a trellis or breakwind. A 

 deeply worked well-drained loam is suitable, and they may remain un- 

 disturbed for several years. Lathyrus fubescens is raised from cuttings 

 or seeds. Plants from pots may be set out at any time during the season 

 of active growth. They thrive best in a stiff loamy soil and require a 

 position on an open trellis, where the shoots should be trained as growths 

 develop. 



