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bloom such as Evelyn Hemus or a lavender 

 variety is also effective with scarlet or 

 crimson. White, lavender, and violet is 

 another good combination. The white here 

 will come between. Avoid placing lavender 

 with purple or mauve with violet, but if you 

 must do so, try to interpose an orange- 

 coloured variety, which will overcome their 

 rivalry to a certain extent. 



A very good arrangement is to have pale 

 shades at the beginning of the row, working 

 up through pink-edged creams (which have 

 a salmon effect in mass) to scarlet. If you 

 are seeking a rich, glowing effect you could 

 hardly do better than blend rose or carmine, 

 cream-pink, and cerise. The effect is very 

 fine, so also is the combination of blue, 

 orange, and rose. The following arrangement 

 of colours proves very satisfactory : orange, 

 white, blue, orange and salmon, carmine, 

 cream-pink, rose, white or cream, blush, 

 maroon, primrose, red. 



Sweet Peas from Cuttings. Although 

 it is not desirable or necessary to make a 

 practice of propagating Sweet Peas by means 

 of cuttings, this method of increase is very 

 useful in the case of expensive varieties and 

 scarce novelties. The cuttings should consist 

 of the tops of the plants. They are prepared 

 in the usual way by removing the lower 

 leaves and cutting the stem square across just 

 below the joint, as shown in Fig. 1 (page 544). 

 When taking the tops leave at least two or 

 three really good leaves on each plant, to 

 ensure the production of new shoots and 

 growth. The cuttings should be inserted in 

 a fairly deep, well-drained box of very sandy 

 soil, over the surface of which a good layer 

 of sand should be spread, as shown in Fig. 2. 

 After being watered in, the cuttings must be 

 placed in a close propagating frame, where 

 they will become nicely rooted in the course 

 of a fortnight or so. 



Good Sweet Peas of Each Colour. 

 Blue Princess Mary, Lord Nelson, Walter 

 P. Wright, Wedgwood. CVeam Debbie's 

 Cream, Clara Curtis. Crimson Maud 

 Holmes, Sunproof Crimson. Lavender R. F. 

 Felton, Lavender George Herbert. Maroon 

 King Manoel, Mrs. Cowdy. Mauve Mrs. J. C. 

 House, Queen of Norway. Orange-scarlet 

 Thomas Stevenson, Edna Unwin. Picotee- 

 edgedMis. C. W. Breadmore, Elsie Herbert. 



Pink Hercules, Elfrida Pearson. Salmon 

 shades Barbara, Melba. Scarlet Scarlet 

 Emperor. White King White. 



Colour Schemes for Table Decoration. 

 Probably no flower is more popular than 

 the Sweet Pea for dinner table decoratiop, 

 and charming and dainty effects can be 

 obtained by the use of suitable colouijs. 

 The following may be recommended : 

 Cream and salmon, mauve and salmon, piilk 

 and cream, pink and mauve, cream and pale 

 blue, cream and crimson, pink and lavender, 

 salmon and maroon, salmon and white, 

 lavender and white, scarlet and cream, cerise 

 and pink, cream and maroon. 



Thirty-six Varieties for Exhibition. - 

 The following are the best of the innumerable 

 varieties at present obtainable : 



It should be noted that several of the 

 above named varieties are bracketed by 



