Herbaceous and Bedding Plants 



six feet high. The Celosias delight in a warm sunny situation 

 and a deep rich soil not too heavy. 



They are propagated by seeds sown in March, in a gentle 

 heat, and covered to the depth of an eighth of an inch. When 

 they are two inches high, pot them singly in three-inch pots and 

 return them to a house or hotbed until they form fresh roots in 

 the new soil, when they should be moved to a cold frame and 

 gradually hardened off by being given a free circulation of air. 

 Plant them, about the beginning of May, where they are to 

 bloom. 



CENTAUREA (Cornflower'). 



This well-known genus is easily grown in any garden soil 

 by simply sowing the seeds, one-eighth of an inch deep, in the 

 open ground, in March, where wanted to bloom, and thinning 

 the plants to six inches apart; after thinning, mulch the ground 

 about the plants with half an inch of old manure and give a 

 good watering. 



Centaurea rugusina, the woolly-leaved species, is better 

 treated by sowing the seeds in a gentle heat, in February, and, 

 when large enough to be handled, pricking them off in boxes 

 three inches apart. Harden them off gradually and plant them 

 in the open ground early in May. This species also may be 

 propagated by cuttings in September or October. 



CHEIRANTHUS (Wallflower). 



Biennial or perennial herbs. These much admired Spring 

 flowers will thrive almost anywhere and with little attention, 

 by simply sowing the seeds, one-eighth of an inch deep, where 

 they are to bloom, in October or November, and thinning the 

 plants when two or three inches high, to six inches apart, but, 

 where fine spikes of either single or double varieties are desired, 

 the seeds should be sown in August in a cold frame, and, when 



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