THE HOME FLORIST, 



winter. It is better to secure strong, stocky plants by pruning, even at the expense of some 

 bloom, by fall, as they will not only winter better but will produce larger and finer flowers the 

 second season. The seed may be sown in heat and the young plants transplanted, if large plants 

 are desired the first year, or by sowing in the garden at any time from late spring until Septem- 

 ber, excellent plants may be had for flowering the following year. The plants should be set at 

 a distance of from six to twelve inches apart. 



Fig. 42. Tricolor Geranium, Mrs. Pollock. See page 37. 



DIANTHUS BARBATUS (Sweet William), useful garden perennials, with double and single vari- 

 eties of various colors. They have long been in cultivation, but great improvements have been 

 made in the quality of the flowers, as well as in the increase of desirable varieties. Easily raised 

 from seeds, or fine varieties may be perpetuated by dividing the roots after they have flowered. 

 DICENTRA SPECTABILIS LOVE LIES BLEEDING (Hardy Herbaceous Perennial). 



One of our most ornamental, spring-flowering hardy herbaceous plants, and also excellent 

 for forcing in the window or conservatory. The flowers appear in racemes, on long drooping 

 stems, are of a bright rose pink, with pearly white corolla, and as they are produced by 

 hundreds on large plants in the open air, rendering the plant for the time one of the most attractive 

 objects the garden will contain during the season. For winter flowering they should be taken 

 up in October, potted, and placed in a cold-pit or some place where they may be got at in 

 winter. Any time after cold weather sets in (they should have a freeze) they may be brought 

 indoors and will flower in about two months. 



