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ia a forty-eight pot till another season, as they may 

 hot bloom till the third year. {Emmerton^ 50.) 



Mr. Hogg's directions are these : — 



Let the seed be sown in pots adapted to the size 

 of your striking or bell-glasses, no matter whether in 

 32 or 24 sized pots, which are to be filled one inch 

 and a half deep at the bottom with broken oyster- 

 shells, tiles, or small cinders, to ensure a good drain- 

 age ; then fill the pots with finely-sifted compost, and 

 smooth the top of it with a flat smooth board, made 

 round to fit the inside of the pot ; let the compost be 

 fullest in the middle, gradually falling to the sides of 

 the pot. Then sow the seed as regularly as you 

 possibly can, and cover it, as nearly as you can guess, 

 with fine mould passed through a sieve to the thick- 

 ness of a shilling ; take a clothes or other soft brush 

 and dip it into soft water, giving it a shake to throw 

 off the heavy weight of the water, then either shake 

 it over the seed, or draw your hand along the hair, 

 and it will fall like a dew upon it ; repeat this till 

 you perceive the compost to be well moistened. By 

 watering in this manner you will not be liable to dis- 

 turb or wash out the seed. You may then put on the 

 bell-glasses, or if you have not these, you may cover 

 the seed with squares of window-glass, resting on the 

 tops of the pots, which, in the opinion of many, answer 

 full as well, if not better. Place the pots in pans or 

 saucers in the front of a greenhouse, or the window 



