THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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FLOWERS AND FLOWER SEEDS. 



We have received many letters from our female readers, thanking us for our gift 

 of flower seeds, and detailing their methods of cultivation, and the result of their labors. 

 Some beautiful boquets have graced our editorial table, the arrangement of which, as 

 well as the perfection of the flowers, spoke well for the taste and skill of the fair culti 

 vators. That some kinds have failed in some instances, is not strange. The art of 

 cultivating even a dozen varieties of annuals is not learned in one season, and better 

 learned by observation and practice than in any other way. Those who have cultivated 

 flowers this summer with even partial success, will do better next, and will become the 

 teachers of this beautiful art. Friends and neighbors will seek of them seeds, and 

 instruction in their cultivation, which will be freely given ; and thus a love of the beau- 

 tiful in nature will spread over our happy land. Many plants, such as Ten week Stocks, 

 Petunias, &c., that have not blossomed fi-eely in the open ground, on account of late 

 planting, may be taken up carefully and put in pots, when they will blossom in the 

 house during winter. 



Dwarf Convolvulus. — The Dwarf Convolvulus is a beautiful flower, with three 

 distinct colors, blue, yellow, and w^hite ; the blue being of every shade, from purple to a 



delicate azure blue. We have also the white 

 and striped. The species is a native of Spain, 

 Portugal, Sicily, and the north of Africa, and 

 was introduced into England from Portugal 

 early in the seventeenth century. Some 

 botanists suppose this species to have been 

 originally only found in Barbary ; but .wheth- 

 er introduced or indigenous, it is now a com- 

 mon weed, both in Spain and Poilugal. The 

 flowers always fold in gloomy weather aud at 

 night. The French call it Bcllf-Je-jour. 

 When the seeds are sown, a shallow drill 

 should be made for them, in which the seeds 

 may be dropped and co\ered lightly. When 

 the plants come up, they sliould be thinned 

 so as to stand about an inch apart. They 

 require a dry situation, and ratlier a rich, 

 light soil. Sow early in the sj)riiig, and they 

 will commence flowering in .luly, and con- 

 tinue until covered with snow. We have 

 several beds now, (^Oct. 26th,) exceedingly 

 beautiful, that have been in blossom since 

 early in July. 



The Convolvulus major, or Morning 

 Glory, is too well known to need a descrij)- 

 tion ; it beinof one of the most common as 

 well as the most beautiful and easily cultiva- 

 ted of our climbing annuals. It requires the 

 same treatment as the Dwarf Convolvulus, but needs strings or poles on which to climb. 

 It makes an excellent covering for arbors, porches, &c. 





DWARF CONVOLVULUS. 



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