PREFACE 



The sweet pea is unfortunately one of 

 those crops which has received scant con- 

 sideration in horticultural text books. 

 The field to be covered by the latter is so 

 large that their treatment of many a crop 

 is necessarily meager. Good articles on 

 the culture of the sweet pea are to be found 

 in various journals, but are not accessible 

 to the practical grower. The cultural di- 

 rections which seed concerns publish for 

 the benefit of their patrons are brief; and 

 Mr, Harrison Dick's "Sweet Peas for 

 Profit" covers only one phase of the sub- 

 ject, namely, the greenhouse culture. As 

 no complete study of the sweet pea has 

 been published in America, it is felt that 



this book may be very timely, especially 



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