FIRST WEEK IN APRIL 



berries, for they are diaecious), Euonymus variegatus, 

 laurestinus, lilacs, weigelas, skimmias, and rhododendrons, 

 with myrtles if they can be taken into slight shelter during 

 the winter. Seeds of mignonette, sweet peas, blue nemo- 

 phila, dwarf and climbing nasturtiums, canary creeper 

 (Tropaeolum canariense), and other hardy annuals can be 

 sown at once ; and boxes can be filled with wallflowers, 

 in rich crimson, brown, and yellow ; forget-me-nots (myo- 

 sotis), in turquoise-blue ; dwarf tulips, raised from the soil 

 just as their buds show colour ; sweet williams of the new 

 salmon-pink varieties, and daffodils, moved in the same way. 

 Fortunately, many of our spring flowers can be transplanted 

 at the moment that their first buds open with impunity, 

 if they are raised with care whilst their roots are thoroughly 

 wet, shading them for a few days and supplying them with 

 plenty of water. 



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