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. 



