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There are a great number of varieties to choose from 

 which I need not describe here. The Giant Mixed (height 

 3 ft.) is about the best, and flowers freely. 



Sweet William : The notes on Canterbury Bells apply 

 also to some extent to the Sweet William ; the plants are 

 very often grown side by side. The Sweet William is quite 

 as much an old favourite with many people as the Canter- 

 bury Bells. Seed should be sown in June or July in good 

 soil, and the plants pricked off and planted out in October. 

 They will do moderately well in a comparatively poor soil, 

 but it is better to give them a soil of fair richness if possible. 

 A foot apart or more is none too much for really strong 

 plants, though it looks a lot when they are first put in. 

 Many of them bear very large heads of bloom, and there 

 are some vivid colours. 



When the flowers have been cut, lift the plants and 

 transfer to the reserve border. In a short time they may 

 be propagated by means of cuttings, or by layers, but it 

 is only worth while to do this if the strains are extra choice. 

 The plants so obtained may be planted out in October. 

 The old plants should then be destroyed. 

 Good Varieties. 



Good sorts are extremely numerous, and the reader is 

 recommended to look through some good seedsmen's lists. 

 The following should be tried : 

 Sweet William 



Sutton's Pink Beauty (Salmon pink) .. i| ft. 

 Sutton's Harlequin . . . . . . i ft. 



Sutton's Superb (many beautiful colours) 1 1 ft. 



Auricula-eyed . . . . . . . . i ft. 



Large Flowered (immense heads of bloom) i-i ft. 

 Double Crimson i ft. 



Wallflower : We have already said a good deal about 

 the wallflower and have described how to raise it from 

 seed. Double wallflowers may also be raised from cuttings 

 struck in a frame made up on a bed of lawn mowings. 



In cold districts it is essential to sow wallflower seed in 

 good time to get the plants well on by October, and as 





