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Gardening for Amateurs 



possible. Pots 6 inches in diameter are 

 suitable for Clarkias, and if some of the 

 most vigorous are put into these pots in 

 autumn, and the others left until March 

 before being repotted, a succession of 

 flowers will be kept up'' in May and June. 

 The dwarfer varieties of Clarkia pulchella are 

 also well suited for pots, but they are, as a 

 rule, chiefly grown in the outdoor garden. 



Lobelia. Lobelia tenuior is a handsome 

 plant resembling a tall, large-flowered form 

 of the popular bedding Lobelia speciosa. 

 If raised from seed sown in slight warmth in 

 March Lobelia tenuior forms a showy feature 

 in the greenhouse during the summer months. 

 The seed, which is very small, should be 

 sown in a well-drained pot, and when the 

 seedlings are large enough they are pricked 

 out singly into a flower pan or box. The 

 next move is to put five or six of these 

 young plants into a 5-inch pot, which they 

 will soon fill, and then commence flowering. 



Photo : y. Carter & Co. 



Mignonette Crimson Victoria. 



Clarkia, a favourite annual for 

 the greenhouse. 



This Lobelia is of loose habit of growth, and 

 as the flower stems lengthen they need sup- 

 port, which is 

 readily effected by 

 inserting four neat 

 sticks at the edge 

 of the pot, equally 

 distant from each 

 other, and pass a 

 strand of neutral- 

 tinted raffia 

 around the sticks 

 from one to the 

 other. This 

 Lobelia is also 

 seen to advantage 

 when grown in 

 suspended b a s - 

 kets. The flowers 

 are large, flat, 

 and of beautiful 

 bright blue colour- 

 ing. 



Mignonette. 

 The delicious 

 fragrance of this 

 well-known 

 annual causes it to 

 be widely appre- 

 ciated, whether in 

 the open ground 

 or under 



Good flowering 



