Sweet Peas 



a good thing to let water to be used for watering 

 plants of any kind, stand exposed to air and 

 sun for twelve hours before using. All flowers 

 as they reach maturity must be cut to secure a 

 continuance of bloom, and if plants are inclined 

 to come into flower before they have got sufficient 

 strength, the flowers should be removed as soon 

 as they show for a time. 



If the sheep dung and soot liquid cannot be 

 prepared, a good artificial fertilizer can be used 

 with advantage, either in a liquid form or applied 

 dry alongside the plants keeping it a few inches 

 back and watering it well in with pure water. 



Nearly all the keenest growers remove the 

 tendrils, and this cut illustrates how that should 

 be done. When the plants are trained on the 

 " cordon " system and tied regularly, tendrils 

 are not required, and if left to develop usually 

 twine themselves round the flower stems and cause 

 them to be bent. 



This chapter started with seed sowing. There 

 is still a process of vital importance to the suc- 

 cessful exhibitor to be dealt with, and that is 

 soil preparation. 



I am no believer in the four to six feet deep 

 cultivation, with layers of manure on the sandwich 

 principle all through. A good two feet or thirty 



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