Sweet Peas in Pots — 
practising it, given favourable conditions. The 
essentials in the case are deep, well-cultivated, 
and, above all, perfectly drained land. Cold, 
tenacious clay soils are unsuitable. Medium 
to light loamy soils are good. In all such the 
root - fibres of the Sweet Pea ramify freely. 
Treated with cow manure low placed in the 
rows, with a free addition of lime, or light 
dressing of superphosphate of lime incorporated 
with the soil, good results would be ensured. 
Sowings should be made late in September or 
early October while the land is still warm. Sow 
thinly in foot-wide, somewhat sunken or de- 
pressed trenches which admit of earthing up 
the plants later on. Choice varieties should 
not be treated in this way, but reserved for 
sowing in. 
Pots or boxes under glass, both of which 
methods are largely adopted to-day with the 
best possible results. Advantages of both these 
systems are that risks and loss are reduced to 
a minimum and the early start given to the 
plants — matters of supreme importance both. 
For this work a frame or greenhouse is essential, 
the former the best from many points of view. 
The Sweet Pea is hardy, and the uniformly cool 
(or cold) conditions of the frame suit its require- 
ments exactly. In it a steady, hardy growth — 
the precursor of subsequent health and vigour — 
are ensured. Throughout, frame cultivation 
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