CHAPTER VII 

 SWEET PEAS FOR GARDEN DECORATION 



ALTHOUGH good Sweet Peas are abundant, growers 

 need to discriminate between the many excellent varieties 

 that are now distributed by any Sweet Pea specialist 

 however worthy of the name. 



So much depends upon the object one may have in 

 view. For garden decoration there are many points 

 that should receive consideration. It does not follow 

 that because a certain Sweet Pea may be an ideal sort 

 for exhibition purposes that it is necessarily of equal 

 value for garden embellishment. It is a fact, neverthe- 

 less, that many of our best exhibition varieties are 

 equally good for garden decoration, and where these 

 facts have been proved, it is quite the proper thing to 

 include such sorts in the list of those intended for 

 garden use. 



What are the essentials of Sweet Peas for beautifying 

 our gardens ? There are several. First of all Sweet 

 Peas for this purpose should be free flowering, other- 

 wise they fail to come within the category of what is 

 regarded as a matter of importance in garden flowers. 

 Their profuse display should also be long continued. 

 Continuity of flowering is a most essential factor as we 

 wish to have our Sweet Peas in blossom over as long a 

 period as possible. We prefer plants that come into flower 

 in good time and that continue their display as far into the 

 late summer or autumn as climatic conditions will allow. 



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