84 LITTLE GARDENS 
sown in a greenhouse in November, of course, there is every 
chance of the seedlings coming through the winter without harm. 
But then they would have little advantage over those raised from 
seed sown in the greenhouse in January; they might come into 
bloom a week or two earlier. 
Two or Three Colours Together.—One may obtain some 
delightful eflects by sowing seeds of two or perhaps three different 
varieties together. At the present time, as I write, I have in my 
little garden various clumps of Sweet Peas, not all of one kind but 
each clump containing at least two varieties. If the colours which 
one intends to associate are carefully chosen the result is most 
pleasing. For instance, I have together Dorothy Eckford, white, 
and Queen Alexandra, scarlet red; Mrs. Walter Wright, bright 
mauve, and Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, primrose; Romolo Piazzani, 
mauve, and Henry Eckford, apricot shade. The colours of these 
commingle most harmoniously, and once this method is tried I feel 
sure it will become an annual practice. Many other colour combina- 
tions will suggest themselves. One firm of seed merchants makes a 
special feature of sending out, in the same packet, two or three 
different varieties of Sweet Peas, carefully selected with a view to 
harmonious colour association. 
Sweet Peas Grown in Tubs.—When garden ground is 
strictly limited enthusiastic Sweet Pea growers are glad to make use 
of any material that comes to hand for the purpose of extending the 
available area for the cultivation of their favourite flower. One may 
grow Sweet Peas very well indeed in tubs and large boxes, and 
although one can hardly expect to cut blooms of exhibition merit from 
plants grown in this way, they yield a profusion of flowers for home 
decoration, and, as with Sweet Peas grown in borders, one may cut and 
cut and come again. I am more than ever convinced that to have 
really good Sweet Peas in tubs one must sow in the middle of 
February either in flower pots in a cold frame or directly in the tubs. 
T have always grown mine in the latter way, chiefly I am afraid 
because it takes up less time, and not from any belief in its superior 
virtues. I have used old butter tubs, that are to be had from the 
grocer for 2s. or 3s. a dozen and answer admirably for at least one 
season. A coat or two of dark green paint will make them quite 
presentable. Of course one may obtain specially made ornamental 
tubs. They are far more handsome and are to be recommended. 
That proper drainage is essential goes without saying, and to this 
end three or four holes are burnt in the bottom of the tub with a 
red hot poker. Over each hole a crock or piece of broken flower 
pot is placed to preserve the drainage holes intact, and further 
crocks are placed round about them, to make a thin layer. 
Upon the crocks are placed rough pieces of turf, and then the tub is 
filled to within 1 inch of the rim with prepared soil. I find nothing 
better than turfy soil, with which decayed farmyard manure is mixed 
at the rate of 3 parts of soil to 1 part of manure. Perhaps 
