CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION . i 



CHAP. 



I. HISTORICAL NOTES .... ( . . . 4 



II. THE THREE GREAT GROUPS ... . . n 



III. MAKING NEW VARIETIES . >''' . . 19 



IV. GENERAL CULTURE 22 



V, SEED SOWING 39 



VI. CULTURE UNDER GLASS 61 



VII. SWEET PEAS FOR THE GARDEN .... 64 



VIII. SWEET PEAS FOR DECORATIONS ... 66 



IX. CUPID AND BUSH VARIETIES . . * .68 



X. ENEMIES AND DISEASES . . . '>'/ . .. 70 



XI. FIFTY STANDARD VARIETIES . . 80 



XII. IN THE LIBRARY . . 86 



XIII. CULTURE OF SWEET PEAS FOR EXHIBITION . . 89 



XIV. A WORD OR TWO TO JUDGES . . . - 113 



