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by either in appearance. Sow early in March, or in 

 February, on a hot-bed and under a frame or hand-glass. 

 Take care to keep the plants thinned out so as not to let 

 them get weak, and give plenty of air, especially in the 

 middle of the day. Early in April plant them out where 

 they are to blow, and let this be in the front part of the 

 flower-borders ; put in four or five plants in a clump, or 

 more, so that, when you find their flower-buds appear- 

 ing, you can pull up those plants that are showing for 

 single flowers, except one, which you should always leave 

 for seed. The red is by far the most showy variety. Sow 

 again in May, and the plants of this sowing will, when 

 planted out, keep up a succession of flowering till Oc- 

 tober. STOCK, wall-flower leaved. Lat. Cheiranthus in- 



terregimis. Fr. Giroflee grecque. Also an annual, rising 

 to ten or twelve inches high, having leaves unlike all the 

 former, of a darkish shining green, and being perfectly 

 smooth. Blows, in May and June, double or single 

 flowers, white, red, or violet. To be treated like the 

 ten-week stock. All these plants bear their seed on plants 

 that blow single flowers, and, to make sure of saving 

 seed that shall produce double flowers, the seed plant 

 should stand amidst those that are blowing double. The 

 double-flowering ones show themselves very early ; their 

 buds are much larger and rounder than the single, and 

 appear to be bursting when the single have no such 

 appearance. 



534. STRAWBERRY -ELITE, slender-branched. Lat. 

 Blitum virgatum,.Fr. Blitte effilee.An annual plant of 

 France and the greater part of Europe, which grows one 

 or two feet high, and blows from May to August, When 



