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require any sticks at all. As far as flower is concerned they are 

 a replica of the ordinary Sweet Peas, and where they thrive they 

 make charming edgings. We grew them very successfully on a 

 low limey bank in a garden on clay and with a somewhat humid 

 climate. They have a pronounced weakness for casting their flower- 

 buds while still quite closed, and to such an extent is this carried 

 in some cases that the ground is littered with buds, and the plants 

 are without beauty. This peculiarity prevents the Cupids from 

 becoming popular. 



