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material are added. The house is allowed 

 to remain in this condition until nearly 

 time for sowing the seed. The soil then 

 is usually dry and needs to be moistened 

 enough to cling together when it is worked 

 next time with the spade. This time it is 

 necessary to go down one foot and mix 

 the top layer of manure with the surface 

 soil; then make it as level as possible and 

 thoroughly water it with a strong dose of 

 liquid horse manure. In about three days, 

 depending on the weather, the house will 

 be ready for the planting. 



Sweet peas may also be grown on a bench 

 with a few inches of soil, but the result will 

 be a weak growth and a crop of short 

 stemmed flowers. These soon play out, as 

 there is not enough soil or food for the 

 vines to live on. 



There are a great many varieties of the 

 winter flowering type of sweet peas, the 



