SWEET PEAS 



there is too much pink and too little orange in Helen Lewis, I have 

 noticed the same thing in many places ; but I should like to see 

 what happens in 1909 before deciding that the variety is deteriorat- 

 ing. Meantime I suggest your trying Maggie Stark. 



Pinching Sweet Peas. That pinching Sweet Peas will make 



the plants bushy, and 

 also induce more root- 

 lets to form, may be 

 taken as a thoroughly 

 established fact, but 

 I should not care to 

 say that pinching 

 would cause the form- 

 ation of nodules on 

 the roots. These are 

 due to the presence 

 of certain bacteria in 

 the soil ; and though 

 a pinched plant may 

 carry more nodules by 

 reason of its increased 

 root system, yet there 

 is nothing in the act 

 of pinching directly 

 to promote the growth 

 of bacteria or the 

 formation of nodules. 

 You ask if any ad- 

 vantage is gained by 

 pinching. I certainly 

 think so, especially 

 when plants run up 

 weak and spindly in 

 pots. Why not try 

 both pinched and un- 

 pinched plants for yourself this year and note the difference 1 



Sweet Peas Ruined by Mice. I have heard of several 

 sowings of Sweet Peas in pots and boxes being ruined by mice. It 

 is wonderful how these creatures know where to find the seeds, and 

 growers would do well to place some poison about, or traps. I saw a 

 portion of a valuable sowing of novelties completely destroyed in one 



SHOWING HOW THE METHOD OF STOPPING 

 OB TAKING OUT THE POINT OF A WEAK 

 SHOOT BRINGS ABOUT THE DEVELOP- 

 MENT OF A STURDY PLANT 



