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planted with the small offsets in the garden, and treat- 

 ed as other bulbs. They must be carefully marked 

 every year. Tulips require many years of trial before 

 their qualities are known; and a poor soil is best 

 to produce their characters after the first bloom. 



SOWING AND SAVING SEEDS. 



About the end of this month or first of next ; is an 

 advisable period to sow seed of Delphinum Jljacis fibre- 

 plbnoi or Double Rocket Larkspur. This plant does 

 not flower in perfection except it is sown in autumn, and 

 grown a little above ground before winter, when a few 

 leaves can be lightly thrown amongst them, but not to 

 cover them entirely, as that would cause damp, and they 

 would rot off. Coreopsis tinctoria, which is now Calliopsis 

 tinctbria, and a beautiful plant, should likewise be sown. 

 Be attentive in saving all kinds of seeds, many of which 

 will keep best in the capsule. Name them all cor- 

 rectly, and with the year in which they were grown. 



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For the kinds of plants that require potting, we refer 

 to the Green-house for this month. All that are therein 



