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formed of two-thirds rotten stable dung, or other 

 strong manure, and one-third rich mould, placed 

 full eighteen inches thick on the beds. The seeds of 

 the Coxcomb are to be sown on a hot-bed in April, 

 where the young plants should continue until the 

 time of transplanting, and the weaker of them should 

 be thinned out as they advance in growth. Towards 

 the middle of June, if the weather is mild, such plants 

 as appear with large flat stems, and of a very vigor- 

 ous growth, should be selected for being placed on 

 the beds, in which they should be planted a foot and 

 a half from each other, and watered ; the beds should 

 then be top-dressed with rotten dung well sifted, 

 and spread full two inches thick over the whole sur- 

 face : the plants will require a canvass or a calico 

 shade, during the time of flowering ; if manure in 

 solution is applied, it will prove highly advantageous 

 in increasing the size and heightening the color of 

 the flowers. Coxcombs thus managed will produce 

 plants of two feet or more in height, and flowers 

 of a foot or sixteen inches in extent : the beds pre- 

 senting, in July and August, a splendid assemblage 

 of gorgeous flowers, producing a noble effect. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



These plants flower during a great portion of the 

 year, and even in a mild winter present a brilliant 

 display, if trained against a sunny wall : the different 

 kinds should be well intermixed with each other. 

 They succeed best in the conservatory. There 

 are forty varieties of the Chrysanthemum, of which- 

 some are indeed very beautiful. 

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