
Sanitation in your garden is a must. Observed 
conscientiously prior to and during the growing 
season proper sanitation pays off enormously in 
larger, healthier plants and consequently, larger, more 
HOW TO GROW SWEET PEAS 
DIG TRENCH TWO FEET 
DEEP & IS INCHES 
MIX TOPSOIL WELL WITH 
PEAT MOSS IN TRENCH, FERTILIZING 
_ beautiful blooms. Most of your insect and plant disease 
_ problems of the future can be 75% eliminated by keeping 
your garden free of debris, rotting leaves and twigs and 
other insect-harboring trash. Thirty minutes a week de- 
» voted to clean-up will work miracles. Along these lines it 
WELL WITH BONE MEAL(2 LBS. TO 10 FT.) 
‘Sweet Peas can be planted out of doors from 
September to early Spring in San Antonio and 
vicinity With the advent of an unusually 
severe freeze, however, care should be taken 
to cover seedings with paper or other suitable: 
covering to prevent damage Ground shou! 
be prepared in the early summer Use an- 

is well to remember that weeds will also harbor insects 
and plant diseases. Hand-pulling of course, is the safest 
and most effective method of weed control in your flower 
beds and it is recommended that the entire garden area 
be free of weeds at least 25 feet on all sides. A little 
preventive dusting and spraying will also insure keeping 
insects down to a minimum when the plants are actively 
producing. 


HOW TO GROW PANSIES 
A sandy, loam soil is best, altho they 
will do well in any good light soi! 
A good location is one not over- 
shadowed by trees or exposed too 
much to the hot, dry sun, Dig soil 
deeply, then mixing well with peat 
moss, plant seed in light soil and 
transplant to boxes when good roots 
have formed. 
PLANT ONLY | 
FRESH SEED 
Use Fresh seed only. Old seed will" 
not make good stands and poor 
quality seed will germinate un- 
evenly. Buy only the best. Plant 
September and October to flower in 
green houses or set out in open in 
the spring for summer blooms. 
If exhibition flowers are wanted, al- 
low 4 to 6 shoots to each plant, the 
remaining ones being removed or 
pinched out. Picking blooms  fre- 
quently lengthens their blooming 
period. Keep seed pods removed 
Never allow them to dry out. 
In planting, press roots firmly and 
deeply in soil. Put a trowelful of 
peat in bottom of hole before plant- 
ing. Be sure that good roots have 
formed and that balls of soil adhere 
before setting. 
other location for Sweet Peas the following 
season 
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SEED IS 
VERY FINE. 
DO NOT COVER WITH 
SOIL. MIX WITH FINE 
SAND AND PRESS INTO 
SEED COMPOST. 
PINCH PLANTS BACK WHEN 

COVER WITH 
GLASS AND 
SHEET OF 
NEWSPAPER 
LIFT AND 
TURN GLASS 
EACH DAY. PRIC 
OUT SEEDLINGS WHEN 
SECOND PAIR OF LEAVES 
HAVE DEVELOPED 
CULTIVATE AROUND PLANTS 
2 OR 3 DAYS AFTER 
WATERING -LEAVING 
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LONGER BLOOMING MDL, 
MORE COMPACT PLANTS 
REMOVE SOME OF THE FOL- 
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FLOWERS. 
FEED ONE TEA- 
SPOON VIGORO TO 
EACH PLANT. 

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