RAISING PLANTS FROM SEEDS 45 



flowers in winter, which are very fragrant. 

 The seeds must be sown in January or Feb- 

 ruary, and when the young plants are two 

 or three inches high, and are making their 

 characteristic leaves, transplant them singly 

 to two-inch pots. In May they will need 

 shifting to three-inch pots. 



July is the time when the florists plant 

 them out in beds in the greenhouse, but in 

 the window garden, where a bed is not pos- 

 sible, I use a long, narrow box, six inches 

 wide, as much deep, and two feet long. In 

 this five plants are set. This is a little 

 closer than the florists plant them, but 

 as I have only a single row, it gives them 

 plenty of room for development. The soil 

 should be very rich — a fibrous loam, to 

 which is added half-rotted cow manure 

 and sand, one part each to three parts 

 of loam. 



The strings must be arranged just as soon 

 as the seedlings are planted. The best 

 material for this, because of its strength and 

 colour, is the green smilax string used by flor- 

 ists, from whom it may be bought. Should 

 you desire to use the smilax for festooning else- 

 where about the house, the strings with the 



