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blossom. The colour should be clear and distinct 

 when diversified in the same flower, or brilliant 

 and striking if but simple, as blue, crimson, or 

 scarlet, &c, in which case, the bottom of the 

 broad exterior petals is generally white ; but the 

 beauty and contrast is considerably increased when 

 both the exterior and interior petals are regularly 

 marked with alternate blue and white, or pink and 

 white, &c. stripes, which, in the broad petals, 

 should not extend quite to the margin.' 1 



The seed being very light and downy, must be 

 gathered from time to time as it opens, for it will 

 otherwise be blown away by the first breeze of 

 wind. In August a bed of good mould should be 

 prepared, and the seeds being mixed with sand, so 

 as to prevent their falling in lumps, must be strewn 

 as regularly as possible, and then some earth should 

 be lightly sifted over the bed about a quarter of 

 an inch thick. If the season should prove dry, the 

 bed must be -watered in the most gentle manner so 

 as not to wash the seeds out of the ground. For 

 this purpose a watering-pot should be used, the 

 nose of which should be perforated with very small 

 holes, that will discharge only fine streams of water. 

 It is also advisable to cover the beds with a mat 

 during the great heat of the day, but always 

 attending to the removing them at sunset, so that 

 the bed may have the advantage of the moist dews 



