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garden. Cultivate in gumlah half-filled with ordinary garden- 

 soil ; watered till become mud. Sow seed in February, or begin- 

 ning of March ; add water as the plants grow two or three inches 

 above the surface of the soil quite sufficient to keep the plant in 

 vigorous health* It flowers continuously to the commencement 

 of the Cold season, when it begins to die down. If the gumlah 

 be undisturbed, self-sown seedlings appear abundantly next 

 year. " 



CAKYOPHYLLACE^E. 



Dianthus. 



D. Chinensis CHINA PINK. A perennial plant, best treated 

 as an annual in this country ; most easy of cultivation ; best 

 grown in large clumps, so as to produce a large expanse of blos- 

 som, with flowers of endless variety, scarcely two alike. To 

 keep up a succession of bloom the flowers should be cut off as 

 soon as they fade, and not be allowed to run to seed. Sow in 

 October. 



Saponaria. 



S. Calabrica CALABKIAN SOAPWOKT. A dwarf annual ; bears 

 deep rose-coloured flowers of the size of the Forget-me-not ; 

 when blossoming profusely has at a distance an effect like that 

 of bright Heather. Sow in October. 



Silene. 



CATCH FLY. 



A genus of annuals bearing small pink flowers; ornamental 

 only when grown in clumps and blossoming in great profusion. 

 1. S. Armeria. LOBEL'S CATCHFLY.. Bears its flowers in com- 

 pact heads, and for that reason one of the most desirable of the 

 genus. 2. S. pseudo-Atocion. Pleasing for the freshness of its 

 leaves, but in this country bears its flowers too scantily to be 

 very attractive. Somewhat similar in character are 3. S. pendula 

 and its varieties. Sow in October. 



Viscaria. 



1. V, rosa cceli KOSE OF HEAVEN. 2. V. oculata. Bear 

 pretty pink flowers, but require to be grown in large clumps, as 

 the flowers are only effective when produced in large numbers. 



