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around them. When the peas reach the 

 top, if greater height is needed, the upper 

 half of each stake is fitted by means of a 

 mortise into the top of the one already 

 driven and another strip of netting is put 

 on. 



An English seedsman advertises sweet 

 pea ladders for use in training the vines in 

 garden decoration. The ladders are made 

 six feet long and six inches wide. They 

 are used perpendicularly, the tops being 

 fastened to a horizontal wire. Two rows 

 are supported by leaning the tops together 

 and fastening them to an overhead hori- 

 zontal wire. Plants grown in circles may 

 be brought together in the center at the 

 top where the ladders are fastened to a 

 center stake. Sweet pea arches about six 

 feet high are sometimes made. 



The ladders can be easily made with 

 two No. 10 galvanized wire rose stakes of 



