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there are occasional blooms at most 
seasons of the year. This pea is one 0: 
the best of recent plant introductions. 
CULTIVATION. 
The most uitable soil for the produc- 
tion of plants of the annual sweet pea 
that will bloom freely for a long period is 
a well enriched loam. The plants will 
grow under severe conditions, but as soon 
as the plant food ana moisture are ex- 
hausted will cease to produce growth and 
to bloom freely. Soil for the reception of 
sweet peas should be prepared during 
summer, a liberal dressing of stable 
manure deeply worked into the soil being 
necessary. A light dressing of super- 
phosphate of lime worked into the surface 
soil, or sown with the seeds, will assist 
materially in promoting vigorous growth. 
Sweot peas are true annuals. producing 
flower and seed and dying in one season 
and are propagated exclusively from seeds. 
The seeds will produce plants bearing 
flowers identical with the parent variety 
unless artificially cross fertilized, or by 
the agency of insects, the latter an un- 
likely contingency as the organs of repro- 
duction are enclosed in the calyx or keel 
of the flower. Varieties that have been 
grown for years have never varied, from 
the original type, although grown among 
other varieties. Seeds should be sown 
during autumn to produce strong plants 
before the winter season arrives, when 
they will resist any weather conditions 
that occur in the greater portion ‘of the 
State. In very cold districts the sowing 
may be deferred until spring if it is found 
that the plants will not endure the winter 
weather, The most common cause of 
failure to produce satisfactory plants is 
the sowing of seeds too thickly. Sweet 
peas may be sown in clumps or in rows 
at a depth of one inch and six inches of 
space should be allowed between each 
plant. : 
~The young plants need training on 
small sticks, when they attain a height of 
six inches, afterwards boing trained on 
taller stakes, trellis, or wire supports. 
To increase the size and number of 
flowers the plants should receive a liberal 
supply of water during dry spring weather, 
and will benefit largely by an occasional 
watering with liquid manure. The flowers 
should be cut regularly or the season of 
blooming will be considerably reduced, 
the production of seed being the signal 
of cessation of blooming, Plants will 
fiower during the greater part of summer 
in moist and cool districts and situations. 
In addition to the ordinary sweet peas 
that attain an average height of about 
six feet, there are two other types known 
as “Cupid” and ‘“ Bush” sweet peas. 
These are dwarf-growing types ; the first 
named grows to a height of only six 
inches, and the latter eighteen inches, 
They are useful for edges of borders, but 
on account of short flower stems are not 
as popular as the tall varieties. 
The perennial kinds are propagated 
from seeds, divisions, or cuttings of the 
young shoots in spring under a bell glass. 
Seeds should be sown in pans or boxes ” 
early in summer, and may be transplanted 
in the following spring. Lathyrus lati- 
folius and its varieties do not produce 
seeds freely, so propagation from divisions 
and cuttings is resorted to as a certain 
means of increase. Cuttings when rooted 
may be grown in pots for the first season, 
or may be planted. at once where it is 
intended they should grow. ‘They produce 
their growth during spring, bloom during 
summer, and die down to the ground 
during autumn. They are suitable for 
clumps in the gardens, and for covering a 
trellis or breakwind, A deeply worked 
well-drained loam is suitable, and they 
may remain undisturbed for several years. 
Lathyrus pubescens is raised from cuttlngs 
or. seeds. Plants fro pots may be set 
out at any time during the season of 
active growth. They thrive best in a 
stiff loamy soil and require a position on 
an open trellis, where the shoots should 
be trained as growths develop, 
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Many of the older varieties of sweet 
peas are unworthy of culture in com- 
parison with new varieties of the same 
color, and may be discarded with adyan- 
tage, as the sceds of the better varieties 
are offered at cheap rates. A good collec- 
tion should include Helen Lewis, Gladys 
Unwin, Mrs. Alfred Watkins, Nora Unwin 
Frank Dolby, Queen Alexandra, Evelyn 
Byatt, Romolo, Piazzani, Black Michael 
Helen Pierce, Henry Eckford, HR, ay, 
Castle, Countess Spencer, Mrs Walter 
Wright, Miss Willimott, Black Knight 
John Ingman, Dorothy Eckford, Hon, 
EH. Kenyon, Navy Blue, and Barliest of 
All, the latter being the earliest sweet 
pea. Perennial kinds :—Lathyrus lati- 
folius, and the white variety albus 
Pink Beauty, splendens, grandiflora, and 
pubescens. 
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