Gardening for Amateurs 



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the Sweet Peas of orange or salmon shades, 

 and some of the more delicate blues, become 

 scorched in bright sunshine, particularly 

 when this follows a period of dull weather, 

 therefore shade of some 

 kind becomes necessary 

 to ensure perfect blooms 

 of these colours. A 

 shade suitable for all 

 ordinary purposes is 

 found in light green 

 scrim canvas, it is less 

 conspicuous than mate- 

 rial of white or cream 

 colouring. A plan to 

 be recommended for 

 clumps or short rows 

 is that of erecting a 

 light wooden framework 

 over and around the 

 side facing the sun, and 

 to throw over this 

 several thicknesses of 

 fish netting ; this, al- 

 though scarcely per- 

 ceptible from a dis- 

 tance, is sufficient to 

 protect the flowers with- 

 out weakening the 

 growth of the plants, 

 and the latter is an 

 important consider- 

 ation. 



A prepared water- 

 proof transparent paper 

 is now to be had, dis- 

 tinctly suitable for such 

 a purpose ; it is sold 

 in rolls, 60 inches wide, 

 and so, when cut up 

 the middle, two pieces 

 are obtained just the 

 correct width for shad- 

 ing a row of the plants. 

 Get strips of wood about 

 1 inches by 1 inch from 

 the joiner ; cut off two 

 pieces 9 feet long for 

 the sides of the frame, 

 and cross pieces 26 

 inches wide ; nail these 

 together, then stretch 

 the paper over them, 



fold the edge in and tack it down firmly 

 to the frame. These will furnish shelter 

 from sun and rain when erected over the 

 Sweet Peas, and will last for years. 



Sweet Pea W. R. Beaver, flaked with maroon on light 

 ground colour. 



