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must determine for himself just what to do in the case 

 of each variety that he may have to deal with, making 

 careful observation each season. 



There are well-known growers who are quite content 

 to allow only three to four inches between the plants, and 

 they claim that they obtain very excellent results. We 

 can appreciate a close planting of the Sweet Peas such 

 as this where a screen or hedge is desired to be 

 brought speedily into effect, but for producing blooms 

 of high quality we should hesitate to follow such advice. 

 Beautiful results and healthy plant life invariably follow 

 the planting of Sweet Peas six inches apart in the rows, or 

 in clumps. A goodly number of enthusiastic cultivators 

 also plant this subject eight inches apart, and good 

 results invariably accrue from this treatment of the 

 plants. The general practice with exhibitors, however, 

 is to allow a space between the plants of from nine to 

 twelve inches, giving plants of the stronger growing 

 varieties, a space at least a foot between them, this 

 varying, according to variety, to eighteen inches. It 

 hardly seems credible that one plant of the Sweet Pea 

 should require so much room, yet we have seen many 

 individual plants of this description, where eighteen 

 inches has not been too much space to allow 

 between them. There seems to be no limit to the 

 possibilities of plants of this subject when a system 

 of high culture is followed. Plants are much easier 

 to manage when well spread out, and good blooms 

 invariably result from such treatment. 



No matter whether the Sweet Peas be planted out- 

 doors after being raised in heat, or whether they be 

 sown outdoors, the same rules as to space apply. 

 Whether they be grown in rows or in clumps it matters 

 not ; the distance apart should be the same in each 

 instance. We can quite understand that some growers 



