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Definition of Sweetpeas
1. sweetpea [n] - See also: sweetpea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweetpeas
Literary usage of Sweetpeas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Agriculture Through the School and the Home Garden by Cyril Adelbert Stebbins (1913)
"In the spring transplant as many as you please. Kinds of sweetpeas. ...
Dwarf sweetpeas grow about eight inches high and spread widely over the ground. ..."
2. Kentucky Superstitions by Daniel Lindsey Thomas, Lucy Blayney Thomas (1920)
"2957. "Where sunflowers grow, No beaus go." 2958. Plant sweetpeas and garden peas
on the fourteenth of February Blue Grass 2959. ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"Next to mignonette may be named stocks, pinks, sweetpeas and wallflowers, among
the hardy plants ; hyacinths, among the bulbs ; and geraniums and myrtles, ..."
4. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"A new pest has been observed upon sweetpeas in gardens, ... phora destructor)
which was very bad on some hedges of sweetpeas late in the season. ..."
5. Stray Leaves from a Border Garden by Mary Pamela Ellis Milne-Home (1901)
"The sweetpeas, too, are lovely, but in some gardens almost over. A good recipe
for keeping sweetpeas in bloom late is to nip off any dead flowers at once, ..."
6. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"And for this, the birds are fed upon the sweetest of sweetpeas every day, with
a sprinkling of peppercorns on Sundays and holidays. ..."
7. The Principles of Agriculture Through the School and the Home Garden by Cyril Adelbert Stebbins (1913)
"In the spring transplant as many as you please. Kinds of sweetpeas. ...
Dwarf sweetpeas grow about eight inches high and spread widely over the ground. ..."
8. Kentucky Superstitions by Daniel Lindsey Thomas, Lucy Blayney Thomas (1920)
"2957. "Where sunflowers grow, No beaus go." 2958. Plant sweetpeas and garden peas
on the fourteenth of February Blue Grass 2959. ..."
9. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"Next to mignonette may be named stocks, pinks, sweetpeas and wallflowers, among
the hardy plants ; hyacinths, among the bulbs ; and geraniums and myrtles, ..."
10. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"A new pest has been observed upon sweetpeas in gardens, ... phora destructor)
which was very bad on some hedges of sweetpeas late in the season. ..."
11. Stray Leaves from a Border Garden by Mary Pamela Ellis Milne-Home (1901)
"The sweetpeas, too, are lovely, but in some gardens almost over. A good recipe
for keeping sweetpeas in bloom late is to nip off any dead flowers at once, ..."
12. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"And for this, the birds are fed upon the sweetest of sweetpeas every day, with
a sprinkling of peppercorns on Sundays and holidays. ..."
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