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who grow plants to yield an abundance of flowers for the 

 immediate adornment of the garden, will allow the plants 

 12 to 15 inches asunder in the rows, and know that they 

 are doing the right thing. 



It is necessary to draw attention to the fact that the 

 plants can be grown in either single or double lines, but 

 the former method is much to be preferred. For a single 

 line of seeds the shallow trench may be anything from 4 to 

 6 inches in width, whereas for a double line it must be at 

 least 15 inches, and the seeds should be placed within an 

 inch of the edge on each side. The particular object of 

 this is, of course, to leave a wide space between the plants 

 at the base, so that there will always be an abundance of 

 fresh air playing about them ; and this should be still further 

 encouraged when the plants are thinned out to the flowering 

 distances by removing those in the one row which come 

 opposite to those in the other ; the plants will thus stand 

 triangularly, or, as it is commonly termed in gardens, 

 " opposite vacancy." 



Supporting the Plants. No matter whether the plants 

 are growing in pots or the open ground, it is imperative 

 that they shall be given early support. The youngster 

 that is permitted to fall over and lie recumbent for only 

 a few hours is seriously prejudiced from the start, apart 

 altogether from the fact that there is always a danger, when 

 it is necessary for the plant to be drawn upright, that it 



