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flowers. Almost everyone who professes to be a gar- 
dener grows Sweet Peas in greater or smaller quantities. 
They are easy to cultivate, when a few simple rules 
have been attended 
to. Theoldfashioned 
way was to sow fairly 
thickly, stick them 
when they got large 
enough, and leave 
Nature to do the 
rest, when they would 
form a very close 
row, producing enor- 
mous quantities of 
flowers, but very 
small, and having 
short stalks. Now, 
where a screen is 
wanted, combined 
with a pretty effect, 
this method, some- 
what modified, may 
still be adopted. 
However, where the 
finest flowers are 
desired, a very dif- 
ferent system of 
culture must be adopted. Instead of the old method of 
sowing outside, they are generally sown singly in 3-in. pots 
about the end of February or beginning of March, or four 
to six peas may be sown round the side of a 5-in. pot. 
Schizanthus retusus 
