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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



HUME A ELEGANS. 



BY A HEAD GARDENER. 



E all the graceful growing plants recommended for the 

 embellishment of the flower garden during the summer 

 months, none can surpass in elegance of outline, or are 

 more thoroughly useful than the one under notice. It 

 is in every way suitable for the centre of flower beds, 

 vases, rustic baskets, and also for growing in pots or vases, for stand- 

 ing in prominent positions by the side of terrace and other walks. 

 Also when at its best eminently suitable for conservatory decoration, 

 and a few large well grown specimens intermixed with the flowering 



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plants, with which the conservatory is usually decorated during the 

 summer months. w r ill produce a most unique effect. 



The seed should be sown some time between the second week in 

 July and the second week in August, in seed pans filled with a mix- 

 ture of light loam, sand, and leaf-mould. Put the seed pans in a cold 

 frame, or cover them with a piece of glass and put them on the side 

 of a wall, or wherever they will be effectually screened from the sun. 



