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(i. e. to blow in the greatest perfection,) after 

 the middle of March. 



I have/ however, planted them in patches in 

 the borders in April, and they flowered there 

 very well ; so that, if you think the preparing 

 the bed too troublesome, you may put them in 

 one of your shadiest borders, and you will 

 have a good chance of their blowing tolerably 

 well. 



As it will require some time to get a good 

 collection of herbaceous plants, you must be 

 contented, this year, with annuals ; and you 

 will find that you can make your garden quite 

 as gay with the commonest of these, as with 

 many of the rarer sorts. 



In order that the half-hardy annuals should 

 blow early, it is usual, about this time, to sow 

 them on a gentle hot-bed, or in pots placed 

 near light, in a garden frame, or green-house ; 



