Show Preparing the Ground for Early Sweet Peas Prepare the tho ground In the tho fall tall first removing two or three Inches of the time top soil putting It in a box In a dr dry Shea Then spread rotted wen stable tahle manure Then ground with a sprinkling of fine fill hone bone meal and spade er very deep deep- ly eighteen l-eighteen eighteen Inches Is 16 the Iho minimum After thoroughly pulverizing the ground rake rako It smooth and make mr mrIa a littie lit lit- tie furrow about three Incites inches deep deel then cover cover covel with boards hoards so 80 that It will not fill WI up during juring tho the winter As AB soon as tho the snow Is gone remove the tho boards and BOW sow the tho s seeds In the furrow on tho the frozen ground round covering with the dry soil stored store In the shed This gives all the advantage of oC fall HOWIn HOW HOW- In without Its dIsadvantages disadvantage Only black seeded varieties can bo he sowed so 80 early as 8 white seeds are arc liable to decay If put In before the tho ground Is la fairly dr dry and warm Tho TIm seeds should be he sowed Bowed two or three inches apart and the plants Ilant thinned d If It necessary to four our Inches When hen the plants are eight I ht to ten Inches high tho the tops should be pinched off thus thuG forcing the plants to branch This gives GiveR a spreading ln top with several flowering branches Instead of or the ono stalk stalle obtained by closed planting and tho the plants are less likely to bo ho nJ ruined neri b by red spider After the plants begin to bloom give them something to eat once a week but not very much Ht at a IL time A little bonn bono meal worked Into the soil soli once a week a top dressing of wood ashes and H alt Be tho the becomes hotter a t. t mulch of rotted stable manure are arc all benefi benefi- cial As tho the plants grow taller and foliage becomes dense It Is a 1 good plan Ian to thin It Il out so BO as an to let In air and moisture If 11 aphis attacks them a drenching with witha a 11 strong soap ROar suds will generally rout them m but hut clear water forcibly applied is best for red spider |