SWEET PEAS IN HANGING BASKETS.
Sweet peas in hanging beskets suspended in the window are very beautiful objects. Their trailing stems and bright foliage fall very gracefully on all eides, and are of themselves very pretty, and when the flowers appear the effect is elegant. To have them bloom in summer and fall, the seed should be sown in pots, and then placed in a warm window or a frame. A correspondent in " Gardening Illustrated" recommends sowing in four inch pota about twenty peas in each pot. When the young seedlings are well up, and require more room, they must be transferred to the baskets, three or more pots in each, according to the size cf the basket, which should be lined with green moss. Light rich soil is necessary. While the peas are growing, liquid manure should be freely used, and the baskets should be bung nsar the glass. This will stimulate growth and early bloom. The variety of colour and tho sweet odour of the flowers make them desirable. Among the moat desirable varieties are the painted 'a n y, violet queen, Oapt. Clark, tricolor, light blue and purple, black purple, striped, and invincible scarlet.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2034, 31 August 1880, Page 3
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