at FLORA HISTORICA. 



which may assist this change by the impregnation 

 of the neighbouring plant ; it is therefore a gene- 

 ral rule to suffer as many single-flowered plants 

 to remain in the beds as are sufficient to furnish 

 the required quantity of seed. 



The beginning of May is the best time for 

 sowing the Biennial Stocks, and it is recom- 

 mended to sow them in fresh undunged earth 

 when they are intended to remain exposed during 

 the winter, for if the earth is too rich they become 

 full of juice, and generally perish by the frost ; 

 but this may be prevented by covering them 

 with frames during the severe season. The ama- 

 teur florist will find the Stock well repay his 

 trouble by the beauty of its flowers, if he attend 

 to the following simple directions, which is to sow 

 the seeds in a border of rich earth, and when 

 the plants are of sufficient size to remove, to 

 plant them in middle-sized pots filled with an 

 equal quantity of rotten cow-dung and fresh loam, 

 well mixed. The pots should then be removed 

 to a north-east aspect, where they will receive 

 only about three hours of the morning sun, which 

 is sufficient for them until October, at which time 

 they should be removed so as to enjoy the full 

 south sun, until the frost is about to set in, when 

 they should be housed ; but they should at all 

 times have as much air and sun as possible, and 



