SWEET PEAS AND STOCKS 181 



along near the roots and put the hose in and let it run then fill up the 

 trench with dry dirt and let it be for several days. 



"The seed should be planted thinly and about an inch deep in a furrow 

 about four inches deep one plant every six inches is close enough. The 

 cut worms love young sprouts, so one should use soil that has been clean 

 and free from the weeds for a season, if possible, as the worms will be 

 less likely to come. For a small row of plants where worms are known 

 to abound it is well to start the plants in posts or boxes and transplant 

 when about four inches high they are almost sure to grow then if care 

 is used in transplanting. 



"The tall or climbing sweet peas need strings or wire to climb on. 

 They love a fence or low shed, especially where there are no shade trees 

 overhead and where it is open and light. In good rich soil with plenty 

 of light and lots of water and plenty of room the plants are sure to be 

 strong and vigorous and the stems long. If one's garden is large enough 

 it is well to have a trellis along a walk and have a row of sweet peas to 

 climb on it. A pretty border effect is had by planting Cupid sweet peas, 

 using one color rather than mixtures. They do best in gravelly soil 

 well watered and fit in nicely along walk. 



"A suitable location for tall sweet peas is not at all adapted for Cupids 

 and they must be treated as widely distinct flowers. If you want a mass 

 of bloom covering the ground, you need Cupids. If you want a great 

 wealth of bloom and flowers to gather, of course you need the tall of 

 climbing sweet peas. There are 150 different varieties and you can have 

 them in all shades of red and blue, but as yet no yellow only buff and 

 light primrose. You can have them in stripes and blotches, in shadings 

 and blendings and contrasting tints, in light shades and dark shades, in 

 soft tints and bright colors." 



There are, of course, intensive arts of deep tillage, manuring, etc., by 

 which the very largest thing in exhibition sweet peas is produced, but 

 that is a little beyond our reach. If one catches that fervor he will 

 pursue the subject through the professional publication. 



Snapdragons. These old-fashioned flowers are grown by many as 

 a reminder of old times, though some of the improved varieties show 

 them to be flowers of today. The plants can be sown in the open after 

 the ground gets well warmed, and there will be a good summer growth, 

 followed by autumn and winter bloom also in many places. 



Stocks. Stocks are grown by many with very satisfactory results, 

 but are often abandoned by amateurs who fail to give them the required 

 attention or start from inferior seed. Disappointment results from so 

 many seedlings coming single, but these should not be nursed as a griev- 

 ance but pulled up and attention concentrated on plants of good type of 

 bloom. This is now attainable in a great variety of colors, and the plants 

 are hardy, easy to start in the open ground in the spring, although better 



