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But to have really fine flowers, it is essential to procure the 

 German-imported seed, and not English-grown. The seed 

 should be sown early in October, and the young plants pricked 

 out to two inches apart, and afterwards potted off singly into 

 small pots, shifted from time to time to larger ones, with a very 

 rich soil, and watered occasionally with liquid manure. Some 

 will come into blossom, in January, and others later in 

 succession. 



Brachycome. 



B. iberidifolia SWAN KIVER DAISY. A dwarf plant, with 

 finely divided foliage ; presents a most cheerful appearance when 

 in full bloom with its single daisy-like blue and white flowers, 

 which it produces in great profusion. Sow in October, and put 

 out in the border the young plants, three in a spot, a foot apart. 



Zinnia. 



1. Z. elegans. A most beautiful and valuable annual, with 

 varieties bearing severally large gay crimson, scarlet, and straw- 

 coloured flowers, and forming quite a garden of themselves for a 

 very long season. The double variety appears to have originated 

 in this country, and is only met with having the flower of one 

 colour crimson. There is also sometimes met with what is 

 called a Hen and Chicken variety. The seed should be sown in 

 pots in July, and the young plants put out in the borders by 

 threes ; they soon come into blossom. Those of the double 

 variety give poor flowers at first, but as the season advances the 

 plants keep on growing and flowering, till they are two or three 

 feet high, and produce flowers then nearly as large as those of 

 the Dahlia, retaining their full beauty a great length of time. 

 In a spot where once grown Zinnia plants are sure to come up 

 self-sown the following season. 



2. Z. pauciflora. A tall growing plant ; produces flowers very 

 inferior to those of the last ; not very ornamental. 



Calliopsis. 



1. C. tinctoria. An old familiar annual, with many beautiful 

 varieties, of which those with deep chestnut-coloured and golden- 

 yellow flowers look exceedingly splendid intermixed ; requires 

 no particular care in its cultivation. Sow the seed in October, 



