64 A GUIDE TO FLORICULTURE. 



sirous to bloom them in pots, let them be seven inch size. 

 For a second crop sow more seeds in the open ground in 

 April, and when sufficiently large transplant them to where 

 intended to flower. By this method fine flowers can be 

 produced from June until late in the fall. The first flower 

 buds had better be taken off to make the plants stronger 

 and the flowers larger and more conspicuous in their beau- 

 ty, which is so agreeable to the eye. 



This is one of the flowers nature designed to soothe the 

 mind by its external beauty after our daily toil, which cre- 

 ates in us a secret pleasure in contemplating the works of 

 nature and art. It has often been a wonder to me that the 

 Author of our being should give that portion of the human 

 race (females) a greater love for flowers than our own sex. 

 It must arise from no other source than their hearts being 

 more refined and more open to the beauties of nature. How 

 observable is this truth, for when we wish to ingratiate into 

 their favor (if in the flower season) we think a bouquet the 

 greatest favor to be offered. We are prompted to this by 

 an innate feeling that it is the most acceptable offering to 

 be made. Ladies understanding the language of flowers 

 receive them with more pleasure than the donor for one 

 moment imagines. 



