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a cool, moist, shady place for the summer, than when 

 planted in a hot position. 



Propagation. I have mentioned division, but a start 

 may be made with seeds. The larger seedsmen supply 

 seeds of the following : Auriculas Show, Alpine, Border, 

 and Giant Yellow ; the first two classes are grown in 

 pots, and named varieties are perpetuated by offsets ; 

 the others are grown in the garden. Polyanthuses Gold- 

 laced, Mixed Border, White, Yellow, and Crimson, 

 Munstead strain, Galligaskin or Jack-in-the-green (each 

 floret in which is surrounded by a green leaflet), and 

 Hose-in-hose (each flower of which has another set 

 within it). All of these Polyanthuses are hardy garden 

 flowers, although the Gold-laced is sometimes grown in 

 pots. Primroses Giant Mixed, White, Blue, and Com- 

 mon Yellow. The number of kinds will not alarm the 

 Primrose-lover, and he will be eager to try them all ; 

 but if it tends to perturb the amateur, let him rest 

 assured that he can reduce it to Mixed Border Auri- 

 culas, Mixed Border Polyanthuses, and Mixed Border 

 Primroses without losing one jot of garden beauty. 

 He may keep them separate in his beds if he likes, 

 or he may mix them. The seed may be sown as soon 

 as it is ripe, and seed of the current season's saving 

 can be bought in early summer. If sown in fine, moist 

 soil in the shady part of the garden it will soon 

 germinate, but it is safer to sow in boxes and put in 

 a frame. In either case the seedlings must be kept 

 uncrowded and planted out in autumn. The stock of 

 plants can be increased in late spring when the flower- 

 ing is over by dividing them with a trowel, and planting 

 in rich, friable soil in a shady place, from which the 

 plants can be transferred to the beds in autumn. If 

 they are kept as permanent plants at the front of mixed 



