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ground in spring, or the plants may be forwarded by sowing in • 

 frame. Tbey may be set out about six inches apart each way, in 

 a bed devoted entirely to them. Planted in this way in a mass 

 they make a splendid display, flowering abundantly from August 

 to October. 



The Ten-weeks' Stock. — ^These sweet-scented favorites are 

 always welcome, and may now be had of every imaginable color. 

 The seed may be sown in a frame in April, care being taken not 

 to allow the plants to be drawn up by overcrowding or by being 

 kept too close. K the young plants become drawn, the spikes of 

 bloom will be very materially diminished in beauty. To prevent 

 this, plenty of air must be given them while in the frame, and 

 room given to each that it may grow stocky. The bed in which 

 they are planted out should be well enriched, and thoroughly 

 pulverized to a good depth,, and the plants set about a foot apart 

 each way. 



K seed be sown about the first of July, and the plants well 

 grown with a stocky habit, they may be potted in the fall in 

 rich loam, and will blossom finely in the house during the win- 

 ter. Oftentimes they will continue to bloom, if set out in the 

 open ground in the spring. The flowers are not aU double, but 

 in a lot of seedlings raised from good German seed, more than 

 half will produce double flowers. 



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Ik every garden there is a suitable place for a few climbers, 

 some screen to be covered with flowers, or fence or wall to bo 

 hid. We name a few of the ATinnak most useful for such 

 purposes. 



The Convolvulus or Morning Glory. — There is no occasion 

 to describe this well known flower. Its rapid growth renders it 

 a desirable and favorite climber. It will flourish in any good 

 garden soil, and should be furnished with supports upon which 

 to chmb, as soon as it begins to run. The seed may be sown in 



