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are strong enough, at an inch or so apart ; they can 

 remain in these boxes until May, when they should he 

 potted into thumb pots and kept outside, covered by 

 lathed shutters, which give them the necessary shade, at 

 the same time allowing an abundance of air. In case of 

 long continued rain storms, they must be covered with 

 sashes, but not otherwise, until they are taken into the 

 greenhouse in October. If wanted of a large size for 

 winter-flowering, those plants of which the seeds were 

 sown in February will be big enough to be put in seven or 

 eight-inch pots by November, they will be at least one foot 

 in diameter, and produce abundance of flowers during the 

 entire winter. No plant is so satisfactory as a decorative 

 plant as the single Chinese Primrose for winter, and 

 large numbers are now grown by florists to sell in fall 

 and winter. 



GERANIUM. 



The semi-double varieties of the Geranium make a 

 most brilliant addition to our winter flowering plants. 

 They are of all shades of scarlet, crimson, carmine and 

 violet, together with the purest white ; the flowers can 

 either be used singly or in full trusses. To get the 

 most abundant crop of winter flowers from the Geranium, 

 the stock should be started from young plants in 

 spring, and shifted on in summer, until large enough to 

 fill a seven or eight-inch pot with roots, when it should 

 not be further shifted, as too much pot room induces too 

 great a growth of leaves ; the flowers should be rubbed 

 off of the plants during the summer. Plants thus treated 

 will give abundance of flowers from November to May. 



CAMELLIAS. 



Twenty years ago Camellias were the most important 

 flowers used in the construction of flower work ; now 

 dame Fashion has put her veto on the Camellia, and the 



