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Thej' should be staked up either with 

 branches of brush, stout stakes on which 

 wire netting has been fastened or trel- 

 lises of string. These should be at least 

 five feet high, and six feet is better. It is 

 advisable to put up the trellis before 

 planting, and then a double row of seeds 

 (one on each side) may be planted. 



During the dry weather they should be 

 watered thoroughly and frequently at 

 the root, not on the vines and flowers, 

 and given an application of some quick- 

 acting fertilizer when buds appear. A 

 mulch, or rakings from the lawn, will be 

 found beneficial during hot weather. 

 The flowers should be cut as often as 

 pofsible. and all withered blooms should 

 be removed to prevent the plants from 

 running to seed, which would stop them 

 from continuing in bloom. When pick- 

 ing nip off the faded blooms, even though 

 you leave the stems: it is little trouble, 

 and this will keep the seed pods of¥. 



Sweet peas should not be grown on 

 the same soil two or three years in suc- 

 cession. In some gardens there is just 

 one spot where it is convenient to have 

 them, in which case the soil, to the 

 extent of a foot wide and deep, should 

 be removed and replaced with new soil 

 from another part of the garden. 



If sweet peas should be attacked by the 

 green, black or white fly they should be 

 thoroughly sprayed with some reliable 

 nicotine preparation. 



The greatest enemy of young sweet 

 peas is the cut-worm or slugs, and in 

 certain places they are so destructive as 

 to almost prevent some growers from 

 having a good stand of sweet peas at 

 any time. They usually eat ofif the young 

 shoots as soon as they appear. There 

 are several prepared powders, sold by the 

 seed stores, but a very effective remedy 

 and one that any one can get is "soot" — 

 clean 3-our stove pipe. It will do the pipe 

 good and keep away slugs if worked 

 into the top soil at planting time or 



NEW 

 SPENCER 

 SWEET 

 PEA 



SPANISH BROOM 

 ""rounds of residence of Dr. Jones, Portland, Oregon 



sprinkled over the young plants. Lime, 

 ashes and tobacco dust are used by many, 

 but they are not always effective. 



The Oregon Sweet Pea Society has 

 lately been organized by Captain George 

 Pope, and all lovers of sweet peas should 

 join hands and make the coming Sweet 

 Pea Show a grand success. The show 

 will probably be held the latter part of 

 June or first of July. 



Sweet peas are undoubtedly the most 

 popular annual flower to date, and it is 

 not to be wondered at, for there is no 

 flower that will give such a profusion of 

 fine blooms for cutting with as little care. 

 The new "Spencer" types are the latest, 

 and well worth the difference in price. 

 Those who have tried the true "New 

 Spencers" will never be satisfied again 

 w ith the old types. 



The flowers of this new type come 

 three and four on stems twelve to 

 eighteen inches long, and are not only of 

 extremely large size, but are distinct in 

 having the outer edges of the standard 

 and wings beautifully ruffled or waved; 

 the tissue being so full that there is not 

 room for it to lie flatly expanded or 

 smoothly rolled. By reason of its "sport- 

 i\e character" it has required years of 

 labor to perfect the original "Countess," 

 hut this same tendency "to break" has 

 resulted in giving us a number of colors 

 which already come true from seed, and 



which delight every lover of sweet peas 

 who can afford to buy them. While 

 most profuse in flowering they are very 

 shy seeders, and the true "Spencer" type 

 can never be produced cheaply. 



This new giant wavy type of flower 

 originated in the garden of the Countess 

 Spencer, Althorp Park, Northhampton, 

 England, and was named after the 

 countess. The original flower was pink, 

 but now we have all the leading colors 

 and shades, and they are truly magnifi- 

 cent. On account of the sportive tend- 

 ency of this new race and the rapidity 

 with which new named varieties have 

 been introduced, there is some confusion 

 and duplication. I believe many of the 

 same colors are being ofi^ered under 

 more than one name— not purposely, but 

 unknowingly. However, this will soon 

 be overcome, for the field test, shows, 

 etc., will soon eliminate the inferior ones 

 and verify the true ones. 



Do not be discouraged by past failures 

 in the .growing of this beautiful and 

 fragrant flower. A little care in the 

 selection of seed and in planting, then 

 when the blossoms come clip them daily, 

 and you will be rewarded by a continu- 

 ous and generous supply of flowers, 

 lasting well into the fall season,, that 

 will afford pleasure to every member of 

 your household. 



