manner as those of other half-hardy annuals, that is to say 
should be raised on heat, and when the plants are large 
enough they should be potted off into small pots, putting 
three or four plants into each, and finally they should be 
planted out, about the end of May, as the least frost destroys 
them when young, although they will bear a little towards 
the end of the year. 
They require to be planted rather thickly in beds, when 
they will become one of the greatest ornaments of the flower 
garden; the flowers opening early in the morning and not 
closing until the afternoon. 
It may also be raised by sowing the seeds in the open 
border, about the middle of May, but the plants will be late 
in flowering, and not so fine as those raised on heat and 
transplanted. 
