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roots may be well embedded in their new quarters. 

 A space of about 8 inches should be left between each 

 plant, and the same distance between the rows, and 

 should the weather be dry, a good watering given at 

 the conclusion of their insertion. 



Plants with flowers thought to be worthy of reproduc- 

 tion should be marked with a label, and numbered in 

 rotation according to the date of their discovery. Cut- 

 tings may be taken from each plant as soon as they 

 are obtainable, and in the following Spring the clumps 

 may be divided up as mentioned hereafter. 



A plant should not be heedlessly thrown away with- 

 out reasonable cause, as the first blooms are not always 

 indicative of the real value of the plant. 



Growers possessing a greenhouse, or propagating 

 frame with heat, may equally well sow their seed to- 

 wards the end of January or beginning of February, and 

 even later. Of course the plants will not flower so early 

 as those sown the previous Summer or Autumn, but 

 they should be in full bloom in mid-July or earlier. 



The best method of procedure in this case, is to 

 make use of shallow boxes of about 3 inches in depth, 

 and measuring about 1 8 inches by 12 inches. Holes 

 should be made in the bottom of these to allow of 

 drainage, and these covered with crocks, which in turn 

 should be covered with any rough siftings that remain 

 over when the ingredients of the compost have been 

 sifted, or with the fibrous part of the loam remaining 

 after sifting. 



The box should then be filled with the compost 

 (of the same constituency as that last mentioned) and 

 lightly pressed down. 



Having sown the seed in the manner before suggested, 

 a thin covering of the compost should be lightly and 

 evenly strewn over the whole surface, and a gentle 

 watering in afforded by means of a fine-rosed can. 



