218 HOW TO FORCE PLANTS IN WINTER. 



The plants thrive best in a heavy, loamy soil. A good 

 way to grow them is to plant them in pots, and set the 

 pots in a cold frame, as above described, filling in all 

 around the pots with fine coal ashes, and covering with 

 leaves, as above directed. They can then be forced into 

 bloom in the frame, or the pots, when wanted, be removed 

 to the green-house or conservatory. They are impatient 

 of damp, therefore give little water. 



The best way to procure a stock, unless one wishes fine- 

 named florists' varieties, is to sow the seed in spring, in 

 fine soil, and prick the plants out during the summer ; 

 then pot about the first of September. 



The plants bloom in the frame from March to May. 



Fine named varieties may be procured of florists. 



THE DAISY. 



These pretty little plants may be grown as Polyanthus, 

 and will give a profusion of flower in spring. 



There are many varieties, red, white, variegated, pink, 

 with single, double, and quilled flowers, and with green and 

 variegated leaves. A common garden loam suits them 

 well; water but little until the plants begin to grow. 



