64 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



require are more the result of hybridism and selection than 

 what we understand by the term "cultivation/' But 

 having 1 secured the seed, sow it in a gentle hot-bed in 

 April, or in pots some time in May, in which case a hot- 

 bed will not be wanted, as the seed will soon germinate 

 in a common frame. Prick out the young -plants into 

 boxes, filled with light rich earth, as soon as they are 

 large enough to handle ; and very soon after, the plants 

 being stout and healthy, put them out in a bed open to 

 the full sun, and carefully water and shade until they 

 begin to grow freely, and then give no more shade and 

 no more water unless the summer happens to be very 

 hot and dry, in which case you must water regularly 

 and copiously say, to soak the bed well twice or thrice a 

 week. 



