The Culture of Flowers from Seeds 



The plants will need the support of stakes to save them from injury 

 in a high wind. 



SAINTPAULIA 



Greenhouse perennial 



A VERY remarkable perennial, only four inches high, obtained from 

 eastern tropical Africa. The plant has fleshy leaves, and the flowers, 

 which are produced in clusters, somewhat resemble the Violet, but 

 are much larger. Saintpaulia makes a beautiful table ornament, and 

 a row of pot plants in full bloom forms a charming margin in con- 

 servatories, either for a stage or on the ground. The seedlings 

 flower freely in about six months from date of sowing, and continue 

 in bloom through the winter. The treatment recommended for 

 Gloxinias will be successful with this plant also. 



SALPIGLOSSIS 



Half-hardy annual 



A HIGHLY ornamental half-hardy annual which has been greatly 

 improved during the past few years, the strains now obtainable 

 having large, open flowers, exhibiting extraordinary combinations of 

 colours. The flowers range from the palest sulphur-white to orange, 

 scarlet, and purple-violet, all being more or less pencilled and veined 

 with some strong contrasting colour. 



If an early display is wanted, a start should be made at the end 

 of February or beginning of March, by sowing on a moderate hot- 

 bed. In May the plants will be ready for flowering quarters. Or 

 sow in April in the open ground where the plants are to remain, 

 taking care to thin severely, and the thinnings will be useful for 

 dibbling in out-of-the-way corners, where they will furnish acceptable 

 material for table decoration, for which purpose this striking flower 

 is well adapted. 



SCHIZANTHUS 



Butterfly Flower. Half-hardy annual 



HAPPILY this flower has recovered from the undeserved neglect to 

 which careless cultivation had in some degree consigned it. We 



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