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If the soil around the sweet pea vines is mulched 

 with the clippings of lawn grass, it will tend to keep 

 the ground cool and moist, a condition necessary 

 to the successful growing of sweet peas. Watering 

 the sweet peas should never be neglected. 



Sweet-William 



Sweet-william requires a rich soil and an abun- 

 dance of moisture in order to produce large, showy- 

 flowers. Seed should be sown in hotbeds the first 

 week in March, and the young plants transplanted 

 to small pots for a few weeks before setting out of 

 doors. This will give strong, vigorous plants. 



When seed of sweet-william is sown in the open 

 ground, to get the very best results, the plants 

 should be thinned out so that every plant will 

 stand at least eight inches apart. 



Sweet-william has a long season and requires prac- 

 tically no care after once coming up in the open, 

 or having been transplanted for the last time. 



In transplanting large sweet-william plants at the 

 end of the season, the middle of September is the 

 latest period at which they should be moved. In 

 re-planning the garden beds, bear this in mind. 



