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Show I ABOUT SWEET PEAS IN SPRING TIME. The growing of sweet peas is a mighty important subject just now and i : demands immediate attention In man an almanac- will be lound i JJBJ opposite the date, March 17, this: St, Patrick's dav time to sow sweet pea 1 jn rj'jj The secret of successfully mowing jttl weet peas Is divulged by an expert fjlj He says: "SWeet peas want root room, rich m1 -paded deep, with a cool, mols' condiiion about the rools Djjf a trench 12 io 18 inches deep and fill to within six inches of the top with a good mix itire of soil and manure and plentv of rotted lear mold or stable bedding Fill up gradually as the plants grow, ihus keeping the root down deep. "Plant the BSCdl thicklj if you wish II in he sure of a good stand. Rut do not Wve more than two plants to a foot, and if the soil is except ionally rich one wrJU be enough to each foot of space '' This treatment will assure a great bloom. And the more one picks the more will the plants blossom. That means the more pleasure you gir- in our neighbor by passing along the blossoms, the more blossoms there will be to give away. |