The Culture of Flowers from Seeds 



Ordinary care, with such plants as we have named, will insure a 

 splendid display of spring flowers ; and they are worth whatever 

 attention may be necessary to promote complete and early develop- 

 ment. It may happen that plants from early sowings will show a 

 few flowers in autumn if neglected. This is easily prevented, to the 

 great advantage of the plants, by the simple process of * stopping ' or 

 nipping out the points of the leading shoots to cause the pro- 

 duction of side shoots. If a sturdy growth is thus secured, and 

 the plants are transferred to the flower-beds in October, the result 

 will justify the labour. 



Practical gardeners will not need to be informed that the system 

 we now propose is capable of many applications and expansions ; but 

 it may be suggested to amateurs who lament the dreary aspect of 

 their beds and borders in the month of May and early part of June, 

 that the plants we recommend for the formation of masses in the 

 geometric garden are equally well adapted to form beautiful clumps 

 and sheets on borders, banks, and rockeries, as well as in many 

 instances to serve as a groundwork to Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi, 

 and other splendid hardy spring flowers. 



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