A seedsman, writing after the New York Dahlia Show of last 
autumn, says: " 'Sunshine,' a semi-double, was entered in the single 
class. It is very large and beautiful. I would describe it as a pinkish 
yellow, but in some lights it seemed to be a rosy buff. The judges 
were puzzled and did not try to describe it." 
Mrs. Stout is selling the tubers, through an agent, for the benefit 
of the American Red Cross Society. (See advertising page.) 
Mrs. Francis King, 
Garden Club of Michigan. 
To the Editor of The Bulletin: 
Will you convey to the members of the Garden Club of America 
my deepest gratitude for their interest in my "Sunshine" Dahlia? 
Through their generosity I have been able to send quantities of warm 
blankets to Red Cross Hospitals and 45 pounds of knitting wool. In 
the spring, when the tubers are delivered, I am planning to do even 
more. I sincerely hope the blossoms will live up to "Sunshine's" repu- 
tation. 
Henrietta M. Stout. 
Sweet ipeas 
For two years I have seen the wonderful results obtained by my 
neighbor's gardener in the growing of sweet peas. His marvelous 
blooms, like orchids with strong stems 15 to 16 inches in length, won 
the blue ribbon at several of the large flower shows. His work was 
all done under glass, and I never dreamed that without the aid of a 
greenhouse anything could be produced to even approach these exhibi- 
tion flowers, so I was content to continue sowing my seeds in rows and 
letting them climb over pea brush or wire in the old-fashioned way. 
The twentieth century method of growing sweet peas, as de- 
scribed by a lecturer, seemed very complicated, especially the fertilizing, 
but I determined to try it as it needed nothing more formidable than a 
cold frame, and I also decided to see what I could do with the ordinary 
barnyard manure, the fertilizers mentioned being quite expensive. 
The first week in March I planted my seeds, being careful to 
select only the smooth plump ones, not those that were wrinkled. 
I placed three in each 2^4 -inch pot. When the second leaves 
began to show the pots were placed in cold frames (the sashes 
lifted on sunny days) and when the plants were 4 or 5 inches high I 
pulled out the two weaker ones, leaving the strongest of the three to 
continue growing, well staked with bamboo. 
