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November 1, 1907 
Melon, Rock or Water, —Sow seeds 
largely, and manage like cucumber. 
Okra.— Sow seed in seed-bed, or trans- 
plant seedlings that have already been 
raised. 
Onion.—Sow a little seed during the 
month, and cultivate well plants already 
raised. A dressing of soot and salt (half 
and half) should prove useful. 
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Sweer Mrenon—Hariy Hackensack. 
Parsnip.—Sow sufficient seed in rows 
ahout 2 feet apart to keep up a supply 
during the month. 
Potato.- Plant out a few rows of 
medium-sized whcle potatoes. Be careiul 
to select sead free from pests, 
Pumpkin.—Sow a few secds of best 
variety procurable. Should the soil be 
of poor quality, use a heavy dressing of 
farmyard manure. Sow four to six seeds 
in clumps about 6 to 8 feet apart, and 
thin out plants to two or three when they 
have made the second leaves, 
Radish.—Sow a little seed from time 
to time to keep up a good frash supply of 
tender radishes. Use abundance of well- 
rotted manure, or, better still, grow the 
radishes on land that had been heavily 
manuced for other vegetables. 
Peas.—A row or two may be sown in 
cool districts. It will be too warm and 
dry for success with these in other dis- 
tricts. 
Rhubarb.—If seedling plants are re- 
quired for planting out next early spring, 
some seeds may be sown this month. 
Sweet Potatoes—Rooted cuttings should 
be planted out in any district where they 
zre likely to grow. 
Tomato.—Seedlings should be ready in 
all districts by this time for planting out. 
Train the plants to one stem by pinching 
out all side shoots as they appear, When 
planting, drive in a stout stake for the 
support of each plant. Seeds may be 
sown from time to time should any more 
seedliugs be required. 
Turnip.—Sow a little seed in drills in 
well-manured ground. Thin out seedlings 
well, or the turnips will grow all to top. 
Vegetable Marrow or Squash.—Sow 
seeda freely, and treat as advised for 
cncumbers, pumpkins, etc. 
The Sweet Pea. 
[By J. Costs. ] 
Sweet, and everlasting peas, are annual 
and perennial species of Lathyrus,a genus 
of leguminous plants embracing many 
species of decorative valne as garden 
plants. Most of the annuil species are 
natives of South Europe ana North Africa, 
the species from which the present garden 
forms of sweet peas have been raised 
being Lathyrus odoratus, a native of 
Sicily, This pea has been in cultivation 
in gardens for over two hundred years. 
but its popularity as a valuable garden 
plant is of comparatively recent date. 
During the last twenty years a number 
of hortirulturists in England and America 
have made a special study of sweet peas, 
and by cross-fertilization and selection 
have produced varieties of great excel- 
lence, the size and form of the blooms 
and the varied coloring and freedom of 
flowering in the new varieties arousing a 
deal of public interest in the plants. 
The culture of sweet peas has become a 
feature in most gardens, large and small, 
the hardiness of the plants, wealth of 
bloom under fair conditions, ease of 
culture, ‘and the short. period elapsing 
between the sowing of the seeds and the 
blooming season being the principal 
factors in their popularity The flowers 
are produced in spring, and embrace 
alinost all shades of color; the plants 
thrive under harsh eonditions, but like 
most florists’ flowers respond well to a 
little attention in the selection of site, 
soil and manure, and cultivation. 
The everlasting pea—so styled on ac- 
count of their perennial habit of growth 
—have been found native in various 
parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The 
kinds grown here and knewn as ever- 
lasting peas are Lathyrus latifolius—a 
native of Britain—and its varieties. As 
the plants are of herbaceous growth and 
rest in winter, the flowers of this species 
are produced in the summer months. 
Some improved forms of this pea haye 
also been raised; the flowers are rose, 
white, and pink in color and are much 
larger than the sweet peas. The plants 
are very hardy and are valuable for sup- 
plying cut blooms during the hot summer 
months, There are several species of 
Lathyrus, in addition to latifolius, that 
are worthy of a place in our gardens; 
one of the finest lately ditsributed in 
Australia is Lathyrus pubescens, a native 
of Chili and Eucador. This is an ever- 
green perennial climber of very rapid 
growth, that produces masses of beautiful 
blooms of a lavender shade of blue, the 
flowers resembling a well-grown lupin 
rather than a pea. Most of the flowers 
of this kind are produced in spring, but 
