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thf soil has lu'eii prepared for them. They can be phuited .singly, in elumps, 

 or ill rows, or in any way in wliicli yon please or circumstances may require. 

 You cannot do wrong in planting l)ulbs to almost any extent, for the.v are 

 so pretty and ornamental that they cannot fail to please everyone, and no 

 plants can be more easily grown. Daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, 

 snowdrops, and snowflakes will come to the greatest i^erfection in the cool 

 climates in this State, but they will give great satisfaction almost everywhere. 

 After i)lanting. spread a mulch of cow or horse dung over them. The 

 depths for i)lanting should vary with size and variety, the largest from 3 to 

 4 inches, and the smallest about an inch. It would be advisable to have the 

 ground properly drained, for bulbs will not succeed in ground too wet. All 

 the charming little flowers, dear to almost everyone — daisies, cowslips, prim- 

 roses, polyanthuses, auriculas, pansies, and so on — may be planted during 

 the latter iiart of the month. Violets, too. should not be forgotten, and they, 

 especially the double varieties, come to the greatest iierfection in our coolest 

 climates, although the singles succeed fairly well almost everywhere, if there 

 is sufficient moisture for them. Sow some seeds of ten-w^eek stocks in a bed. 

 or in boxes, for transplanting when the seedlings are large enough to move. 

 The plants will flower in the spring. All sorts of hardy annuals and peren- 

 nials may be sown, eithe]- in the garden where they are to flower or in boxes 

 or pots. It will probably be the best way to sow in boxes or pots, and after- 

 wards transplant, because seedlings in the garden whilst very young and 

 tender are so liable to injury from insects and other causes. As numbers of 

 the readers of these directions may be new to flower-gardening, and the 

 names are not familiar, they are advised to obtain seeds of some or all of the 

 following: — AnagalJis grandiflora, or Pimpernel; Anchusa capensis, hardy 

 perennial; Anterrhinum, or Snapdragon, of varieties, hardy perennials; 

 Aquilegea, or Columbine, of various kinds, hardy perennials; Aspenda 

 odorata, or Woodruff, a very old English flower, hardy perennial ; Auriculas 

 of varieties, hardy annuals ; Campanulas of variety, hardy perennials ; Candy- 

 tuft of varieties; Coreopsis of varieties, hardy annuals; Carnations of 

 varieties, hardy perennials; Centaurea of varieties, hardy annuals; Annual 

 Chrysanthemums of varieties ; Clarkia of varieties, hardy annuals ; Cosmos of 

 varieties, hardy annuals; Coreopsis of varieties, especially Grandiflora, hardy 

 biennials; Dianthus Heddewigii; Delphinium, or Larkspur, of varieties; 

 Digitalis, or Foxglove; Eschscholtzia, hardy perennial, of varieties; Freesia 

 bulb, but easily raised from seed, will flower the first season; Hedysarum 

 coronarium, French Honeysuckle, hardy perennial; Gaillardia of varieties; 

 Godetia of varieties, hardy annuals, extremely pretty free-flowering plants; 

 Senecio elegans, or Jacobia, hardy annuals; Everlasting Pea; Sweet Pea of 

 varieties ; Lobelia of varieties, hardy annuals ; Perennial Lobelia, Cardinalis ; 

 Lhiam grandiflorum rahimn nlgcUa hispanica, or Love in a Mist, hardy 

 annual; Lupines of varieties, hardy annuals; French and African Mari- 

 golds; Mignonette, hardy annual; Kemophila. hardy annual; Nasturtium of 



