CUPID SWEET PEAS 69 



for it is generally easy to grow healthy plants that look 

 as though they would produce thousands of charming 

 blossoms, and then to see all the buds thrown off before 

 expansion ; a little of this sort of thing gets on the nerves 

 of the average Briton, and he resolves to let the Cupids 

 severely alone. Out-of-doors the best place for them is 

 in a hot, sunny situation on a rockery where the roots 

 and stems will be nearly baked, as they will then in a dry 

 season give plenty of flowers. Or if they are grown in 

 pots they must be stood in a position where they will get 

 sun enough to roast them, and afterwards they will some- 

 times develop all their buds perfectly. Six-inch pots are 

 the most convenient, and each will accommodate six plants ; 

 the soil should be the same as recommended for the ordi- 

 nary section, but it must not be used in quite as lumpy a 

 state. In any case the general culture of these two groups 

 is not specially recommended ; the grower who tries them 

 should be wary. 





