POPULAR GARDEN FLOWERS 



(rock-loving). It is quite suitable for the rockery. I 

 do not suggest, of course, that rock plants should be 

 dry indeed, the majority love to get their roots down 

 into moist crevices but the point is that this species 

 will thrive far better than the others in a dry, sunny 

 place. 



The Forget-me-nots succeed in pots. They may be 

 potted up in autumn, and with gentle forcing but it 

 must be gentle they can be had in bloom under glass 

 in winter. It is hardly worth while to keep them in 

 pots after flowering if a fresh stock of plants is being 

 raised, but if they are retained, the pots should be stood 

 in saucers of water during summer. 



Forget-me-nots are so easily propagated that no one 

 need worry about old plants. If it suits his purpose 

 to keep them he may do so, but if not he may divide 

 them, or take cuttings from them, and insert them in 

 sandy soil in a shady place. Most simple of all is to 

 sow seeds with that of the Wallflowers, Canterbury 

 Bells, Arabises, Aubrietias, and other things in May, as 

 by this plan a large stock of plants can be raised at a 

 very small cost. A hot, dry site should be avoided. 

 The species and most of the varieties come true from 

 seed. It is well to dig the soil deeply and reduce it 

 to a fine state on the surface, moisten it thoroughly, 

 and then sow thinly about half an inch deep. The 

 seedlings can be thinned, and the rest pricked off six 

 inches apart when they get crowded. With hoeing, and 

 an occasional soaking of water in dry weather, they will 

 make good plants by October. 



This is a very simple and inexpensive procedure 

 with which to be able to provide abundance of so 

 charming a flower, and it commends this dear little 

 plant still further to us. 



