24 ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS. 



plain to my readers, I adopt the following plan of entry of 

 six kinds sown in pots, and six in the open ground: 



April 20, sowed flower seeds in pots. 



Pot marked A, or 1, Amaranthus tricolor. 



B, or 2, Balsamines. 



C, or 3, Cockscomb. 



D, or 4, Egg plant. 



E, or 5, Ice plant. 



F, or 6, Mignonette. 



These pots may be either marked with letters, or figures 

 on the outside, to answer with the book, or notches maybe 

 cut in wood, or other labels affixed to the pots, and entered 

 accordingly. 



April 30, sowed flower seeds in drills, as under 

 No; 1, Bladder Ketmia. 



2, Coreopsis Tinctoria. 



3, Yellow eternal flower. 



4, Globe amaranthus. 



5, Princes' feather. 



6, Larkspur, branching. 



If these numbers be continued to 100, or even 1000, there 

 can be no mistake, provided the rows are all marked accord- 

 ing to the entry in the book ; or if No. 1 be noted, plain 

 sticks will answer afterwards, if one be stuck at each end 

 of every row. In this case it would be well to leave a space 

 every ten or twenty rows, and to note the number of the 

 rows ; by this means, they can be more easily traced. 



Some species of dwarf Annuals, such as the sweet 

 Alyssum, Candytuft, Clarkia Pulchella, Mignonette, Pim- 

 pernel], and such others as. grow not over a foot in height, 

 may be cultivated in small beds, either separate or two or 

 three kinds mixed together. Clarkia pulchella suits very 

 well with Mignonette, as it will thrive in moderately poor 

 soil, which is the best adapted for that plant when fragrance 

 is an object. The reason that some Mignonette has 

 scarcely any scent, is, because the soil in which it is culti- 



