HALF-HARDY ANNUALS. 61 



luses, which I have raised from seed. The 

 spring-planted ranunculuses flower very late ; 

 they must; therefore, be planted in a shady 

 border, as the sun, in July, is almost too pow- 

 erful for them. 



You may sow the following seeds in the 

 course of this month, if the season is favourable : 

 mimulus lutea, or monkey-flower, sweet peas, 

 pink and yellow hawk-weed, flos adonis, lark- 

 spur, Venus' looking-glass, (the large sort, 

 called campanula pentagon, is very handsome,) 

 mignonette, convolvulus minor, stock, mallows, 

 or any other hardy annuals. 



By the middle of next month, begin to plant 

 out any half-hardy annuals that are ready ; or, 

 if your soil is stiff, pot them, three or four in a 

 pot, and keep them in a frame green-house, 

 or sheltered with hoops and a mat at night, and 

 Him them out after they have rooted well and 



