The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-22
Sweet Peas.

soon, and planting tilno will be upon US
by aud by. Now would you not like to
have these popular fragrant beauties in
your own garden If you have never tried
thelnp Let this floral Leauty into your
heart and plant this year if,only dozen
seeds or less. The less you have tho more
time and attention devote to them pro-
portionatsly. One can got quite an
amount Of pleasure from single plant
we'll grown II a beginner and not 80 wrap
ped up III them as somo Of US, although
some experienced cultlyators derive much
from single plant. But there are some-
times 30 many plants, we distribute our
attention among number or all. Now
Just make up your mind to he q plan ter
this year, consider now where you will
place them, and the first good day when 1t
has dried slightly, clear away the rubbish,
If any, and at your first chance prepare
the ground when not too damp. If 1t has
not had fall preparation for some pur-
pose do SO regardless of whether you are
ready to plant yet Or not. You may put
1t off until the soil Is again too wet or
damp. Don't worry If your prepared
ground gets packed by future storms be-
fore you SOW your seed.
If you have wood ashes use 1t literally
In your ground. II you purchase get un-
leachod ashes. Prepare ground deeply and
II not reasonably rich, dig in sufficient
amount of thoroughly decomposed stable
manure to mako 1t so. Plant in q furrow
ifyou plant in permanent places.
The planters who are first who have
not prepared in the fall, or do not plant
under cover may sometimes have to use
several or more efforts to get the work
completed. Whore a small amount of
ground Is planted, the difficulties attend-
Ing culture are not 40 troublesome.
r You might in such cases use some kind
of cover to keep your grotind from getting
too wet after preparation, to plant when
desirable, and also from all abundance of
rain until your seeds have germinated. In
planting in furrow rain sometimes soaks
the ground, filling depl lessions partially or
entirely. 1t would be good plan to ar
range such cover so that water falling up-
on it would bs conveyed to one end iu-
stead Of going off at side. or course there
arc different ways Of doing this.
Stretch apiece Of poultry wire one foot
wide over your row flat to keep anything
from disturbing them until up in a fow
inches. Before they get hold Of this take
it and stretch it on edge as on fence. for
your peas to cling to- placing strips or
lah edgewse on stakes just high enough
for this netting
Alter they have gotten up some height
they get so much stronger, a thinner sus-
port will hold them, but mako 1t stronger
than tho other. Run piece from top of
posts and put your wire or twine perpen.
dicularly using single strands, from strip
atop Of poultry wire to top piece. If you
place your wire horizontally some of your
plants may reach outtendrils between the
wires, whereas, when perpendcularly
placed. by going sideways they may reach
the support.
BY having holes through the strips and
using large wire say, size Of wire clothes
line, In proper lengths, with sharp bend at
top to Keep it from falling through, would
make good support II sufficiently braced,
and could be erected and taken down and
stored 90 hand'ly, no steeples or nails for
wire being used unless for said braces. Now
al'ef tnls Is done' DO patient II growth
seems SLOW and when hot weather comes
place lawn cllppihgs around your vines
llberally from time to time, remembering
althousn you place Shick layer there after
awhiie IL Will nave decreased go In bulk
as 10 oe pethaps NOT sumclent'
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MAKE roceptac'es rom cigar boxes " fol.
lows: Cut pieces length OF box, three In
ches "ide at bottom and TWO at top. out
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