374 PLANTING LIST 



it does not look well when growing. Its foliage is thin, and in late 

 summer sometimes becomes mildewed ; further, the tall plants must 

 have some support, and this support is seldom handsome. But the 

 flowers are most beautiful for picking, and are fragrant. They 

 may well occupy a row in the vegetable garden, where they get the 

 treatment which exactly suits them. 



Grow the dwarfs in clumps, eighteen inches apart. 



The tall varieties bear flowers in endless choice of shades, whether 

 pure or variegated, and in several shapes. For largest blossoms 

 expensive seed should be bought ; it is well also to buy the named 

 rather than the mixed varieties, and to grow them separately. 



Seed of sweet peas are very hardy, and toward the south they 

 may be planted in November for spring flowering. But this is an 

 uncertain practice ; generally it is best to sow them in spring as 

 soon as the ground is fit. For their reception make a trench a foot 

 deep, pack in the bottom old manure, and on it put strong loam, 

 mixed with bone-meal. Six inches below the surface of the garden 

 sow the seed, and cover an inch or two. As the plants grow, grad- 

 ually fill in the trench till it is level. This is the best treatment, 

 designed to give a long season of bloom and to prevent mildew. 

 The nearer the gardener can come to it, the better will be his results. 

 But no nitrogen should be used, or the plants will run to vine. 

 It is best to have two trenches, side by side, six inches apart, and 

 to run the support between. For this, brush or chicken wire are 

 commonly used. 



Pick the flowers as they open out. Never let them fade or go to 

 seed. 



Sweet Sultan, see Corn-flower. 



Sweet William : One of the Pink family, a biennial flower bearing 

 large trusses of white or pink flowers, very handsome when well 

 cared for, and seeding itself so well that when once it is established 

 in a bed there is no failure of plants. It grows eighteen inches or 

 more tall, and is fine for massing in the garden, or for cutting. The 

 flowers are sweet-scented, and are single or double, handsomely 

 fringed. Sow in the spring when the ground is fit, thin to six or 



