SOWING SEEDS. 43 



I shall begin the last of March, if the season 

 is favourable, to sow, in patches, hardy annuals, 

 which are to remain in the borders where they 

 are sown ; such as lupins, sweet-peas, candy- 

 tuft, Virginian stock, and pink and yellow 

 hawk-weed. In sowing these, I take away a 

 little of the earth from the place where the 

 seed is to be sown, and after making the place 

 quite even, I sprinkle a little seed on it, cover 

 it over with fine light mould : the seeds must 

 be sown deeper in the earth, according to their 

 size. Lupins and seeds of the same description 

 ought to be put in separately : a ring with six 

 lupins, planted three inches apart, will make a 

 good patch. 



. The places where seeds are sown should 

 always be marked by sticks, having the names 

 of the plants on them ; because, in sowing the 

 second time, it is proper to know what is in the 



