Sweet Peas 



but we never took time to consider that out they 

 came and went the most direct road to the boiler 

 furnace. The National Sweet Pea Society 

 appointed a committee to investigate " Streak," 

 and it also offered valuable prizes for a remedy, 

 but nothing has come of either move. If 1 had 

 a trench or a bed of Sweet Peas go oif badly with 

 streak or any other similar trouble, I should 

 clear the lot off and burn them. Then I should 

 dig the trench or bed at once, fifteen to eighteen 

 inches deep, and work in a lot of freshly slaked 

 lime and leave it at that till early next spring, 

 when I should dig again, and in April plant out 

 my Sweet Peas as usual. Not a drop of fresh 

 manure would I give if it had been heavily man- 

 ured for the crop which went off. I should conclude 

 that the manuring had been overdone and what 

 the land required was sweetening and resting. 

 After the plants got to their flowering stage, I 

 would then feed them with liquid manure. 



Other leaf and stem diseases are mildew and 

 spot disease allied to mould or blight. These 

 are seldom if ever seen in well-grown plants. 

 If observed in the early stages they can be suc- 

 cessfully combated on lines similar to those 

 followed when attacking mildew in roses, i.e. 

 dusting with flowers of sulphur. 



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