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given a trial ; novelties are tested, and it will, in all proba- 

 bility, take another year or two before the best of these in 

 their respective colors will be known. 



The Sweet Pea is a favorite flower in the Philadelphia 

 market, and has apparently displaced the Violet to a great ex- 

 tent; indeed, in the late Winter of 1914 there was scarcely 

 any call for Violets here — they seemed to have lost favor. 



Sweet Pea King White, One of the Best of the 

 Summer-flowering Spencers 



Most of the growers in this section plant in solid beds and 

 in rows varying in width up to 3 ft., in houses with plenty 

 of head room. 



IN PENNSYLVANIA 



Usually, the first sowing is made about the middle of 

 August with us, although some growers sow earlier. August 



