348 FLOWERS ALL THE YEAR ROUND 



CAMPANULA. All the perennial varieties may be sown during the 

 summer, either in pans or in the open, the former for preference. 

 Protected in a frame during the winter, they will flower freely in the 

 following spring. Give them a good light soil, and do not stint the 

 supply of water. 



CYCLAMENS which are forward enough should be shifted into 48- 

 sized pots. Follow up the process until all are re-potted. 



LOBELIA. The perennial varieties may be raised from seed in pots 

 or pans for planting out next year. Pot off singly when ready, and 

 protect in a cold frame through the winter. 



MIMULUS sown in the open ground will flower in the following 

 spring. If possible, make the seed-bed in a moist retentive soil, 

 and in a shaded situation. 



MYOSOTIS AZORICA. For a display next spring sow now in light 

 soil, and when ready transfer the seedlings to pans or boxes. Plunge 

 them in ashes or cocoa-nut fibre in a cold pit or frame until next 

 March. Then prick them off again, allowing rather more space be- 

 tween the plants, and in May they will be ready for the open border. 

 M. azorica is so attractive in the greenhouse or conservatory, that a 

 number should be grown every year in pots. 



POLYANTHUS may be sown from May to August on a shaded 

 border. Thin the seedlings boldly, and bed the thinnings. Those 

 raised early will flower next spring, but the later seedlings cannot be 

 depended on for blooming in the first year. 



PRIMULA. To force the growth of this plant is to ruin it. The 

 most satisfactory results are invariably obtained from specimens 

 which have matured slowly, and have been treated as nearly hardy 

 after the seedling stage. From this month up to the middle of 

 September it will be quite safe to expose them freely, day and night, 

 except in inclement weather. Even in the winter, protection is only 

 needed from frost, damp, and keen winds. 



AUGUST 



ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS, HARDY. In the majority of English 

 gardens the spring display of bulbous flowers is too often followed 

 by a dreary blank, which is almost unredeemed by a touch of colour, 

 except that afforded by the late Tulips and a few other flowers 

 which are comparatively unimportant. The very brilliance of the 

 Crocuses, Hyacinths, and early Tulips serves to throw into relief the 



