1g0 VINES 
odoratus) as a source of cut flowers. Because 
its merits as an out-door plant were so well known, 
it became doubly popular as soon as its forcing 
possibilities were discovered. It is now one of 
the most popular of all flowers in winter as well 
as summer, the plants being forced by the hun- 
dreds of thousands. ‘The vine can be brought 
into flower at any time; if during December and 
January, you should obtain fine blooms not only 
for the entire winter, but well into the warm 
weather, although toward the end the flower 
stems will be rather short. Ordinarily, the 
stems of house-grown sweet peas are greatly 
superior to those of flowers grown out-doors, 
twelve to fourteen inches not being uncommon. 
Similarly, the blossoms are much larger and 
better coloured. 
To have sweet peas for Christmas, sow the 
seed not later than August 20, in a solid bench 
where there is at least eight feet of head room, 
in a light house which has ample means for ven- 
tilation. Without these essential conditions they 
cannot be well grown. A good night temperature 
is 45°, but it must not go above this or the stems 
will be short. A lowered temperature means 
longer stems but fewer flowers; more heat means 
just the reverse. When sowing the seed, figure 
