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with soot .or lime. They can stand quite a lot of cold, but do not have 

 them wet at the same time. Transplant outdoors when possible; 

 this is usually about mid-April. Normally, the seed should be sown 

 in open ground as early as March. As soon as the soil is warm enough 

 the seeds will germinate. 



FALL SOWING. For the Autumn sowing of Sweet Peas a piece 

 of soil should be selected which will warm quickly in the Spring. 

 Spade it up to good depth, two to three feet, but use no manure. 

 Make a trench two inches deep and sow the seed thickly and cover 

 with loose soil. When the seedlings have germinated and freezing 

 weather has begun, cover with four inches of coarse litter or straw, 

 which must be removed in the early Spring after heavy frosts are past. 

 The seed should be sown so that the shoots are just at surface of the 

 soil when Winter freezes set in, say, late in October or early in 

 November, according to latitude. 



SUMMER TREATMENT. Give frequent cultivation and when 

 the plants are nicely budded work bonemeal into the soil along the 

 rows. If conditions are very hot and dry give the plants frequent 

 syringings, which will keep down the red spider, and never allow aphis 

 half a chance. Keep the plants free from green fly. 



STAKING. Many different methods are advised for training the 

 vines. Perhaps no method is so successful as using brush or branchlets. 

 Stretching string from pole to pole is an easy way. Such cord can be 

 easily removed when the Peas are through blooming. Chicken wire 

 is rather useful, but has two objections: it must be cleaned each 

 year, and it is thought to become heated a little too much, causing 

 the Pea vines to dry prematurely. 



A BIRD BATH 



in the garden [in the form of a 

 basin set upon a stone pedestal or 

 column. Some dwarf, neat growing 

 water plants may be kept in the 

 basin, such as Umbrella Plant and 

 Parrot's Feather. A stone in the 

 bowl affords a place for the birds 

 to stand 



