SEEDS OF SPRING FLOWERS. 125 



mg, sweeping, tying up flower stems, and 

 cutting down such as are out of bloom and 

 decayed. No garden can appear neat, in 

 which these little things are not attended to. 



The seeds of some of your spring flowers 

 are now ripe ; therefore gather those you wish 

 to save, and, after drying them in the air, clean 

 them from dirt, and put them away in small 

 bags, or packets : it is better not to take the 

 seeds out of the seed pods, as they keep much 

 better in them, (or, rather, do not dry too 

 much;) but they should be picked from the 

 stalks, otherwise they take up too much room. 



My carnations now occupy the greatest part 

 of my time : w r hat with laying some, and at- 

 tending to those that are coming into bloom, 

 I am fully employed. The laying, you will 

 find, is rather slow work as it must be done 

 with great nicety. 



