202 How to Make a Flower Garden 



although it can be seen at its best when grown in either position during 

 the fall and winter. 



Sow the seed of the "Machet" or "Allen's Defiance" strains about 

 August 15th, in small pots, putting four or five seeds in each. Water, 

 and cover them with a sheet of newspaper. If the paper is kept moist 

 the soil will not require watering again before the little plants come up. 

 If more than two seedlings grow in each pot, they should be pulled out. 

 For pot culture, as the pot is filled with roots more room should be given, 

 until each has been potted into a six-inch pot. The stalks should be supported. 

 After the center stalk flowers and is cut away, many side shoots will push 

 out, and each will have a spike of flowers. Mignonettes may be kept in 

 bloom all winter. When plants are to be grown in frames, they may be 

 planted there as soon as the small pots first fill with roots. By planting 

 several in a large pot a large specimen can be grown which attains a height 

 of two feet and a diameter of the same. 



Pansies are raised from seed sown each season. It is not necessary 

 that they should be bought each year, as home-saved seed is equal to any 

 from the store, always providing a good strain has been secured at the start, 

 as Henderson's Mammoth Butterfly, Giant Trimardeau, or German mixed. 

 They do best in frames, or "flats." They take kindly to transplanting, and 

 can be moved when in full bloom. A good watering always brightens them 

 up after moving. For early spring use in the window box, or for cut flowers 

 in the coldframe, or for planting in beds, sow the seed the middle of August. 

 When large enough to handle, about the time the third leaf shows, trans- 

 plant singly three inches apart in shallow boxes. Attend to watering until 

 they freeze, then cover with dry leaves and leave till spring starts them into 

 growth again. They will stand a sharp frost. Ten degrees will not materi- 

 ally afTect them, so they may be planted out in beds or window boxes the 

 first week in April. For summer and fall flowering, sow seed in April, grow 

 along, and plant in a shady bed eight inches apart. 



