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it into a shallow tin pan, and place it over a clear fire, 

 till it is as hot as can be borne by the hand. Keep 

 stirring it till it has destroyed any seeds of weeds, 

 or the larvae of insects ; preparing soil enough to lay 

 it about three or four inches deep from the upper 

 edge or rim of the pots. Then gather the seed- 

 pods, rub the seeds out on a sheet of paper, sow 

 them immediately; and sift through a very fine 

 sieve just enough of soil to cover the seed, about as 

 thick as a sixpence. Place the pots in a shady situ- 

 ation, or where they can only have the morning sun 

 for an hour or two. Use no frame or glass of any 

 sort till after Christmas, as they will generally bear a 

 good deal of cold till that time. Sow as thick as 

 nearly to cover the surface of the soil. The seedlings 

 will come up plentifully in three weeks or a month, 

 and great numbers of them will be fit to prick out in 

 November or December ; being careful to extract 

 them so as not to disturb the lesser plants. The seed 

 will continue to come up for months after. Although 

 seed a year old will vegetate, yet new seeds make the 

 strongest and most healthy plants. (Gard. Mag. vi. 

 426.) 



The time of sowing and treatment of the seedhngs 

 recommended by Mr. Emmerton, Mr. Hogg, and Mr. 

 Maddocks, are good, and, our object being to concen- 

 trate information, we subjoin their respective recom- 

 mendations, appending our own observations and 



