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Cheira'nthus — continued. 

 C. Che'iri — continued. 



Veitch's Selected Yellow is about the finest 



strain of bright yellow Wallflower grown. 



Most robust and of medium height. 

 Vulcan. Velvety brown-crimson, compact and 



bushy. One of the best. 12 ins. high. 

 Wallflowers are frequently sown as late as 

 July, but to get good " stocky " well-grown plants, 

 it is much better to do so in May, or even in 

 April, \ in. deep on a sunny border in the reserve 

 garden, in 6-in. drills on firm ground. If left 

 undisturbed all the summer, they grow a long 

 straight tap root, making them difiicult to move 

 later on. To prevent this and also encom^age 

 good fibrous rootlets which will make them flower 

 better later on, they should, in about three weeks' 

 time, be lifted, the tap root severed with a sharp 

 knife, and again replanted in 12-in. drills, 9 ins. 

 apart. By the end of October, they will have 

 become good- sized plants and well rooted, ready 

 to plant out in the beds for spring flowering. In 

 exposed places it is certainly beneficial to protect 

 the beds with Gorse or something of that kind 

 during winter. 



For wall culture, seeds can be placed in the 

 chinks and crevices, covered thinly with a little 

 soil and kept watered till the young plants appear. 

 Or else small seedlings may be inserted in the 

 holes. Wallflowers also make good pot plants. 

 The variety Parisian Early being a true annual 



