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them every second ur third week. Spray 

 overhead lightly on warm evenings. Re- 

 move the sashes altogether on summer 

 evenings, it' there is no likelihood of rain. 

 Keep the plants in the frames until Oc- 

 tober 1; then placi- in a light, sunny 

 house kept at about .jO (h>grrcs at night 

 and you will get most of them to produce 

 some tlcnvcrs for < 'iiristriias. ''yciamens 

 [)refer a lower t('iii[)eraturc than ,'0 de- 

 grees, but the ext I a warintli will be nec- 

 I'ssary to flower ilinii wlini ynu need 

 them. 



If perchance ynu have any old bulbs 

 which have not liloomed, d<> not dry ulf 

 in summer as you would Dutch bulbs, 

 (.'yciamens will mn st;iiid this treatment. 

 iveep, however, on the dry side and 

 shake out and icput liinn (•;nly in Aug- 

 ust, treating tlifui as n'<'iiiuiiii'iided for 

 the seedling pliints. <'. W. 



SWEET PEAS ROTTING OFF. 



1 am furiosi 11^; llllrr SWci't pr;i |i|;|MtS, 



whicli, like a iiinnJM'r nt' |i|;iiils in tin; 

 same Ikpiisc, apjirar In iiii nW ;ii the 

 ground. They arc on a >oli.| hrd. in ;i 

 JiHl-t'oot liousi'. i'li'iily (if .-lii' is yiveii 

 them, and not li>o imn-li wiiicr. 'The 

 temperature is ."IS degree- ;ii ni;^ht and 

 sonii^times S-j tlegri'es on \eiy Imt, ^unny 

 days. ^\o shade is suiiplied. I'l-nrn these 

 ]>artieulars. can \iiii ^i\e the jiidlmble 

 reason for this continn.-il witheiin^ nt' t lie 

 plants.' i;. I'. 



You .are gi\iiig your swcci pi'.-i^ much 

 too liigh a temperature; Is de<;i(is we 

 ha\t' found to •lie about .'iii ideal night 

 temperature t(» (lower tlieni in and we 



ilo not care to liaxc it exc 1 ."o ijcyrees. 



While nuiking their growth and before 

 lloweriiig. lo to 40 degrees is about the 

 right lu'at. A temperature nf .J^ deeics 

 at night is ruinous for sweet peas, and 

 y(Ui nuist raclically cli.-ingi' ymir heat if 

 yiui are to In-uc any degr<'e nt' success. 



From the sample smt. we -Imulil say 

 your plants ar(^ weak and s|iiniily. Jt is 

 probable that you lia\e sewn tliein too 

 thickly. Allow two to liiiir inches be- 

 tween the plants in a rnw. The best 

 ;^idwcrs gi\e thi'm even uinre ^paee than 

 this. Sweet peas like a iiiio(l supj'lv of 

 nuiisture at the roots, .and if your beds 

 are well drained you nmy have erred in 

 giving them too little water. < '. W. 



ASK YOURSELF. 



Will yen kindly give lue vour advico 

 (01 the folldwing (|uestiiuis: After last 

 season's I'Xperience, is it wmth while fer 

 a man who can giow (udy ko(^0 plants 

 to I'ompete with the irmdern tlnwcr fac- 

 tories in the wholesale nnnket ; that is to 

 say. is there .-my hope of hi- making a 

 reasonable prolit .' 



Is the day nf the biji ci iiiat ion bloiun 

 w.ainng.' The big Idoonis i'onnnani|e(l an 

 extra lU'ice for nie in my market. 



In tlu' event of reijtn-iug eiie "s plant- 

 ing by half, which of the fellewiny vari- 

 etiis would be best discarded: laich.'int- 

 ress. White llnchant less. \\'in-(.|-. Haines, 

 Imperial. I'ink Imperial .' ,J. 



The ln'KVlKW always is yiad }<> answer 

 ijuestions. bill the answers tn sniiie are 

 so ob\ ioiisly fonihl in the ijUeiist 's own 

 experieiict that it (joes socni as though 

 ;dl (iiic h.-id te (je. instead of Indking out, 

 v\;i- to Iddk in ami read the an-wci'. 



\'.\. I'vsii, Ijj.. .Vu-tin Wallace, l'(.ir- 

 nierlv with W'! W. ((dc- .-ii K.ik.imo, 

 Ind., h.as taljcii idiaruc ot' tlic ;;rceil- 

 licu-c- dt' the \|-:i !'a-(i ( at nali..n < 'o. 



