CONTENTS 



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PREFACE ....... v 



CHAP. 



I. INTRODUCTION ...... i 



II. THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE SWEET PEA . 9 



III. COMPLETE LIST OF SWEET PEA BOOKS . 24 



IV. SWEET PEAS OF THE CUPID AND BUSH TYPES . . 26 

 V. EARLY SUPPLIES OF SWEET PEAS UNDER GLASS . . 30 



VI. CULTURE OF SWEET PEAS IN TUBS AND LARGE POTS . 35 

 VII. SWEET PEAS FOR GARDEN DECORATION . . .43 



VIII. THE PREPARATION OF THE SWEET PEA QUARTERS OUTDOORS 48 



IX. OF OUTDOOR AND INDOOR SOWINGS WHICH GIVE THE BETTER 



RESULTS ...... 52 



X. WHICH METHOD OF CULTURE PRODUCES THE EARLIER 



FLOWERS? . . . . . -55 



XI. How TO Sow SWEET PEAS . . . -57 



XII. PROPAGATION OF SWEET PEAS BY CUTTINGS . . 60 



XIII. AUTUMN AND SPRING SOWING . . . .63 



XIV. WHAT DISTANCE TO OBSERVE BETWEEN THE PLANTS OUT- 



DOORS ....... 66 



XV. GROWING SWEET PEAS IN Rows AND CLUMPS . . 69 



XVI. PROTECTING THE SEEDLINGS FROM BIRDS . . -73 



XVII. STAKING AND OTHER METHODS OF SUPPORTING THE GROWTHS 77 



XVIII. WHY BUDS FALL EARLY IN THE SEASON . . .82 



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