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planting them out early in tlie spring, liavc obtained 

 flowers a year sooner than could be })rocured horn 

 the spring sowing. 



The flower-stalks of the choicest varieties of 

 Hollyhocks should be cut down to the earth when 

 the beauty of the flowers is decayed, for if suffered 

 to mature the seed, it frequently impoverishes the 

 plants so much that they decay during the winter; 

 and a single stalk of these emblems of fecundity 

 will yield sufficient seed for a larrre oarden. 



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