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who cannot got thi$ oonipoiit, and yot may wish to try this 

 branch of window-gardening, it may bo said tliat the phints 

 will grow in ooninion garden soil, though of conrso they 

 will not be so luxuriant. 



'* Take as many o-inch pots as you want plants, drain 

 them with pieces of mortar, and put over that a little of the 

 nnighest of your compost ; till up nearly level with the to}) 

 of the pot, and place three seeds in the very middle of 

 each pot, and nine or ten seeds all over the surface : if you 

 just cover them with earth it is enough, and press them 

 down very tight. Water them, and put them in the win- 

 dow, and if the seeds are good they will be up in ten 

 days. The moment you see them, give thoni abundance of 

 air, — no forcing, recollect, for the more haste, the less speed 

 with them. AVhen the day is at all tine, put them outside 

 the window, from ten to three in the afternoon. They 

 will not stand much water : a gentle shower Avitli a rose 

 would suit them very well, and the best time to give it 

 them is in the morning, when you turn them outside, as 

 they will have time to drain and dry properly before you 

 take them in for the night. If the three seeds in the 

 centre come up, it is a sign of success, and the weakest of 

 the three must be pulled out as soon as you can get hold 

 of it, — the rest will also be thinned one-half."' The direc- 

 tions then state that you must choose the strongest and 

 most promising plant, when all have grown up a little, and 

 pulling up the others, place a neat small stick beside it, 

 the stick to be about a foot long, and pushed down to the 

 bottom of the pot. When the j^lant is about two inches 



