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parts of superphosphate of lime and 2 parts of sulphate of potash 

 at the rate of 3 oz. to the square yard. Surface mulching of short 

 manure, with occasional waterings with nitrate of soda and soot 

 water, will be of great benefit. The plants should be at least 

 12 inches asunder, and not more than three stems must be retained. 



Everlasting Peas. These are useful and showy, and such 

 persistent growers that they will live and thrive in positions where 

 few other plants would exist, for now and then they may be seen 

 in courtyards sending up their shoots between the joints of bricks, 

 or running up and supporting themselves by grasping with their 

 tendrils the branches in hedgerows of cottage gardens or shrubs in 

 borders which they almost overwhelm but clothe with fresh 

 beauty. This habit and facility for taking care of themselves 

 render these Everlasting Peas of great value for out of the way 

 places, or the backs of borders in front of evergreens, in either of 

 which positions they are very effective. 



Superphosphate of Lime for Sweet Peas. In the event of 

 a hot, dry season you will find it necessary to be very liberal with 

 the water-can in growing Sweet Peas against a south-south-east wall ; 

 a mulch of long manure about the beginning of July will also be 

 very beneficial. You should not dig in both superphosphate and 

 Clay's Fertilizer at once ; the latter is very rich in the essential con- 

 stituents of the other viz. phosphates but as it also contains 

 ammonia it would be better used for feeding later than would the 

 superphosphate. Of this, I should think 2 ozs. per square yard a 

 very good dressing for your plot, seeing that you have well manured 

 it. Do not dig it in ; scratch it in with a rake. 



Twenty-four Sweet Peas for Exhibition. The following 

 would make a good selection: A. J. Cook, Chrissie Unwin, 

 Constance Oliver, Countess Spencer, Dora Breadraore, Dorothy 

 Eckford, Elsie Herbert, Etta Dyke, Evelyn Hemus, Frank Dolby, 

 Hannah Dale, Helen Lewis, Henry Eckford, James Grieve, John 

 Ingman, King Edward VIL, Lady Grisel Hamilton, Lord Nelson, 

 Menie Christie, Mrs. Collier, Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes, Mrs. Walter 

 Wright, Queen Alexandra and The Marquis. Most of the principal 

 colours are duplicated, as you wish. I am sorry to hear of your 

 disappointment with several varieties of the Spencer class, and 

 fear that others have shared it. They are certainly not fixed, 

 particularly Audrey Crier and Burpee's White Spencer. I note that 

 George Herbert and E. J. Castle have both done well with you, and 

 that the former is the better. As regards your complaint that 



