88 CULTURE OF THE SWEET PEA 



until the plants are finally placed in five- or 

 six-inch pots. After Easter the sweet peas 

 which are then beginning to play out, are 

 replaced by these tomato plants. They 

 are planted 16 to 20 inches apart and 

 trained to a single stem. By June or July, 

 the tomato crop ought to be on the wane 

 and the house is at once prepared again 

 for sweet peas. Violets are also success- 

 fully grown in rotation with sweet peas. 

 These should be planted the latter part of 

 September. The beds should be five to 

 six feet wide, with a space of twelve inches 

 on the north side for one row of sweet peas, 

 all the rest being planted in violets. Both 

 of these flowers may be planted at the 

 same time, since the violets, too, need a 

 low temperature not over 40 degrees F, 

 The sweet peas will grow slowly at first, 

 probably not being over three feet in 

 height by the last of February. By this 



