April] FLOWER GARDEN. 353 



you may sow sweet alyson, love lies bleeding, prince's feathers, 

 mignonette, tree and spike amaranthus; cock's-combs, cape mari- 

 gold, bastard saffron, and honey-wort; sweet sultan, China-holly- 

 hock, and China pinks; marvel of Peru, nolana, palma christi, 

 annual snapdragon, zennia and xeranthemuin, &c.,and in the last 

 ten days of the month, you may sow either of the preceding, and 

 also the following kinds, viz: white, purple, and striped globe ama- 

 ranthus, tricolor amaranthus, double balsams and martynia annua; 

 browallia, scarlet ipomoea, capsicums in sorts, serpent cucumber 

 and squirting cucumber, white and purple egg-plant; cleome, pur- 

 ple, white, and dwarf dolichos, with many other kinds. The whole 

 of the preceding sorts may be sown in small patches in the borders, 

 interspersing the kinds, so as to form a well assorted variety and 

 a long succession of bloom. If to be sown in patches, observe the 

 directions given for sowing hardy annual flower seeds, in page 158, 

 &c. which will now be perfectly applicable to these. Such as you 

 wish to sow in small beds for transplanting, let them be sown as 

 directed for perennial and biennial flower seeds, in page 354, ob- 

 serving always, to give each kind a depth of covering in proportion 

 to the size of the seed. 



Let the beds or patches be frequently watered in dry weather, 

 both before and after the plants appear; and when they have been 

 up a few weeks, let all the large growing kinds be thinned where 

 they have risen too thick; observing to transplant into other places 

 where wanted, some of the best you pull up of the kinds that suc- 

 ceed in that way: thin the others as directed in May, &.c. 



Any of the smaller growing kinds, such as mignonette, ten-week 

 stock, browallia, sensitive plant, ice plant, &c, may be sown in 

 pots, and if duly watered and kept clean, will arrive at good per- 

 fection; but the two last will require the protection of glasses for 

 some time. 



Sowing Carnation and Pink Seeds. 



Carnation and pink seeds may be sown any time this month. 

 As it is from seed that all new varieties are obtained, you should 

 sow some every year; and if you have but one good variety from 

 each sowing, there can be no reason to complain, as this mayatter- 

 wards be abundantly propagated by layers or slips. The fine 

 double kinds seldom ripen seed, but semi-doubles do very plenti- 

 fully: from the seeds of the latter, especially when growing near 

 the finest varieties, you may expect some good, and, perhaps, valu- 

 able flowers. For this purpose prepare a small bed of good rich 

 ground, sow the seeds on the surface tolerably thick, each sort 

 separate, and sift over them about a quarter of an inch of fine light 

 earth. If the weather should prove dry, water the beds occasion- 

 ally, the plants will soon rise, after which, it will be necessary to 

 keep them free from weeds, and refresh them now and then with 

 a little water. For their further management, see the work of the 

 following months. 

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