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syringing. After blooming, the plants may be thinned by 

 pruning out the straggling growths, and repotted. Set them 

 in a frame or in a semi-shaded place during summer, and see 

 that they make a good growth. The wood should be well 

 ripened in the if all. After cold weather sets in, keep the 

 Indian or evergreen kinds half-dormant by setting them in 

 a cool, dull- lighted cellar or pit, bringing them in when 

 wanted for bloom. The Ghent or deciduous kinds may be 

 touched with frost without injury ; and they may be stored 

 in a cellar until wanted. 



Bachelor's Button. Centaurea Cy- 

 anus and also Gomphrcna. Sometimes applied 

 to double-flowered Crowfoots. 



Balloon Vine, or CARDIOSPERMUM. An- 

 nual tender tendril climber of very rapid growth. 

 Seed should not be planted until the soil becomes 

 warm. A very pretty effect can be had by allowing 

 the vine to run over some coarser vine, or into an 

 evergreen tree. The balloon- like capsules show to 

 good advantage between the leaves. It is also use- 

 ful for covering piles of brush. Grows 8-12 ft. high. 



Balloon Vine ^ . , 



Give a warm, sunny place. 



Balsams, or IMPATIENS. Tender annuals, pro- 

 ducing both single and double flowers of many colors. 

 These well known favorites are usually to be found in old- 

 fashioned gardens. They are very likely to seed themselves, 

 coming up in unexpected places and flourishing in neglect. 

 They do best, however, in rich, sandy soil. If the seed is 

 sown in boxes late in April and the plants transplanted sev- 

 eral times they will be much dwarfer and the flowers much 

 more double. A stately, though very formal and stiff, effect 

 may be had by planting a row of Balsams in the rear of a 

 low border, pinching off all the side shoots as they start and 

 growing the plant to a single stem. This will become cov- 

 ered with the large blooms, giving it the appearance of a 



