CHAPTER VI 



CULTURE OF SWEET PEAS IN TUBS AND LARGE POTS 



THE title of this chapter is not a very attractive one, yet 

 it is justifiable as there are so many enthusiastic admirers 

 of the Sweet Pea who have no other means of cultivating 

 this delightful subject through want of the usual facilities. 

 They have, therefore, no option but to have recourse to 

 the use of tubs and large pots. 



The culture of the Sweet Pea in such circumstances 

 appeals more particularly to those whose gardens or 

 what are more often termed by sarcastic individuals, back- 

 yards are of a somewhat circumscribed area, where all 

 too often the soil is of too unsatisfactory a character 

 for lovers of the Sweet Pea ever to hope to bring these 

 flowers to anything approaching perfection. Not seldom, 

 these so-called gardens are situated in localities where 

 the atmospheric conditions are quite good enough to 

 cultivate the plant successfully, but where, through the 

 abnormal price of the ground and excessive ground rents 

 it is impossible for the owner to allow the householder 

 more than a very limited space for garden purposes. We 

 sympathise with would-be growers placed in such un- 

 enviable circumstances, and we are pleased to congratulate 

 those who have sufficient courage and confidence in their 

 own ability to make an attempt to cultivate the Sweet Pea 

 in tubs or pots notwithstanding. 



He may live within five or six miles of the Metropolis, 

 and it may be quite out of the question for the would-be 

 grower to possess a garden worthy of the name. He 



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