CHAPTER VI 

 CULTURE UNDER GLASS 



THE culture of Sweet Peas in pots under glass is not the 

 most satisfactory thing in the world to carry out. If the 

 structures are exceptionally light and the provision for 

 ventilation is perfect these conditions prevail in market 

 growers' houses the degree of success will satisfy those 

 who are not especially critical. In the ordinary green- 

 house, however, with its varied occupants, the results are 

 often the reverse of gratifying, for the plants take up a 

 considerable amount of space, demand incessant attention 

 from the time the seedlings appear through the surface 

 of the soil, and the flowers they yield are often few in 

 numbers and poor in substance. However, many growers 

 will make a trial, and it is hoped they will do thoroughly 

 well. The requisites are simple enough. There should be 

 10 or 12 inch pots perfectly drained and filled to within 

 an inch and a half or thereabouts of the rim with a 

 compost of three parts turfy loam, pulled to pieces and 

 used, except at the top, in a lumpy condition, and one part 

 of sweetened manure, with an addition of sand varying 



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