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of the sun, towards evening, and not replaced before 

 nine in the morning. 



CARNATIONS. 



Sow Carnation seed in boxes under glass, and 

 when they are well up, place the plants in a western 

 aspect, and water them carefully in dry weather. 



Transplant every one of those so pricked out last 

 year, into the borders, leaving the remaining plants 

 to stand and blossom in the beds. 



HALF-HARDY AND HARDY ANNUALS. 



Prick out such of these as were sown last month, 

 into fresh hot-beds, and remove those that have been 

 already so treated to the places where they are to 

 stand for flowering, taking care, as in the other cases, 

 to water and shade them until they shall have taken 

 root. They should be so arranged in the beds as to 

 exhibit their varieties, when in bloom, to the greatest 

 advantage ; you are also now to transplant the hardy 

 annuals from the patches where they were sown. 



Watering is essentially necessary, if this month be 

 dry, to make flower-seeds strike quickly and flower 

 in the course of the summer. 



Many plants, such as Sweet Pea, Nasturtium, and 

 Convolvulus, will require the support of rods, to 

 which they should be tied as they advance in height : 

 a tottering or trailing plant has a very slovenly ap- 

 pearance, and loses its vigor from want of support ; 

 " for few self-supported flowers endure the wind un- 



