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germinate in it, and this obliges you to buy more 

 seed, and all your labor goes for naught. 



To the method and time of planting advised 

 above, there is one exception — ^that of the Sweet 

 Pea. This should go into the ground as soon as 

 possible in spring. For this reason: This plant 

 likes to get a good root-growth before the warm 

 weather of summer comes. With such a growth 

 it is ready for flowering early in the season, and 

 no time is wasted. Dig a V-shaped trench six 

 inches deep. Sow the seed thickly. It ought not 

 to be more than an inch apart, and if closer no 

 harm will be done. Cover to the depth of an 

 inch, at time of sowing, tramping the soil down 

 firmly. When the young plants have grown to 

 be two or three inches tall, draw in more of the 

 soil, and keep on doing this from time to time, as 

 the seedlings reach up, until all the soil from the 

 trench has been returned to it. This method 

 gives us plants with roots deep enough in the 

 soil to make sure of sufficient moisture in a dry 

 season. It also insures coolness at the root, a 

 condition quite necessary to the successful cult- 

 ure of this favorite flower. 



Weeds will generally put in an appearance be- 

 fore the flowering plants do. As soon as you can 

 tell " which is which " the work of weeding must 



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