Flowers all the Year Round 



season. It is a half-hardy perennial, and when saved through the 

 winter will need protection from frost. 



Mignonette finds a welcome in every English garden ; and to 

 add to its attractiveness there are now yellow, red, and white varieties, 

 in addition to such forms as dwarf, pyramidal, and spiral. Mignonette 

 can be grown without the least difficulty ; indeed, it will reproduce 

 itself from seed shed in the previous year. Nevertheless, it is true 

 that in the majority of gardens justice is seldom done to it, for the 

 simple reason that there is not sufficient faith in its capabilities. 

 Each plant will cover a space of at least one foot, and we have seen 

 specimens a yard across, bristling with flower-spikes, and fragrant as 

 only Mignonette can be. The soil for it should be made firm, just 

 as an Onion bed is treated. Except for this one point, the culture 

 of a hardy annual is all that is necessary. Mignonette does not well 

 bear transplanting, but otherwise it is very accommodating. The 

 seedlings are frequently taken off by fly as fast as they appear above 

 ground. Soot and wood-ashes applied in good time are the best 

 preventives ; but a second sowing may be necessary, and it should 

 be made immediately the loss is discovered. 



Nemesia. For the earliest display of this beautiful annual the 

 first sowing should be made in pots under glass during this month. 

 In the open border seed may be sown both in May and June. 

 Occasionally a little difficulty is experienced in raising plants under 

 artificial conditions, but those who sow in beds or borders from the 

 same packet of seed during the months named, will find that the 

 culture is quite easy. 



Pentstemon. The treatment recommended for the perennial 

 section of Lobelias will exactly suit this flower. 



Phlox Drummondii. There is still time to sow. Established 

 seedlings should be gradually hardened by free access of air, until 

 they are ready for the open ground. 



Phlox, Perennial, may be raised from seed, and flowered in 

 the first year. Sow in shallow boxes in the early part of this month, 

 and place in moderate heat. Transplant the seedlings when ready, 

 gradually harden, and plant out in rich soil one foot apart, or put 

 them into vacant places in the shrubbery. Aid with water if neces- 

 sary. 



Poppies do not well bear transplanting, especially from light soils, 

 and therefore, as a rule, it is advisable to sow where the plants are 

 intended to bloom. All the varieties make conspicuous lines and 

 clumps among shrubs ; and this is especially the case with the huge 



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