PETUKIA. 



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manured the previous autumn, and the moment the frost 

 is out of the ground in the spring, sow the peas, putting 

 at least two seeds to each inch of row. An ordinary 

 sized packet, as sent out by the seedsmen, would be 

 about sufficient for a couple of circles some nine inches 

 in diameter, and if this is all you intend to sow, perhaps 

 sowing them in a circle is as good a plan as any; place a 

 stick about three feet high, with a few branches on it, in 

 the center of the circle for the peas to climb upon. 



PETUNIA. 



The Petunia has been greatly improved during the last 

 few years, and is now one of our most popular flowers. 



It is easily grown, and every 

 garden should have a large 

 bed of it. If a few plants 

 only are grown, to be set out 

 singly, it is desirable to have 

 the finest double varieties; 

 but when massed together in 

 a large bed, the small-flow- 

 ered kinds, with more or less 

 double ones amongst them, 

 are exceedingly showy and 

 pleasing. A good plan is, to 

 prepare the bed the au- 

 tumn previous, by spading 

 and manuring ; in the 

 spring, as soon as the soil 

 is dry and warm, hoe and 

 rake the beds; mark off 



Fig. 43. PETUNIA. - . 



into rows a foot apart 



and drop four or five seeds where the lines cross. The 

 seeds are exceedingly small, and you must be careful not 

 to cover them too deep; if patted down with the back of 



