THE GARDEN AT HOME 



are easily grown from seed sown at any time from 

 January to September, while cuttings root readily and the 

 roots may be divided. All the Begonias named need 

 resting for a month or six weeks after their flowering is 

 over, the soil then being kept comparatively dry. Fresh 

 growths soon form when the plants are placed in a warmer 

 and moister atmosphere ; they may be used to form 

 cuttings, or the old plants may be repotted and grown 

 on to form big specimens. 



Cyclamens are invaluable for a winter display, but they 

 are not really very easy to grow, and one has to wait 

 fifteen months for blossom. From seed sown in October 

 the plants bloom the following winter twelve months. 

 Seed is sown thinly, and the seedlings are transferred 

 singly to small pots. In early spring they are repotted 

 into those 3j inches wide, and in June into others 5 inches 

 wide, in which they will bloom. Great care in repotting 

 is necessary, so that the little corm or bulb is only half 

 covered. A temperature of 50 during the winter months 

 is suitable, but during the summer the plants must be 

 kept in a frame that is cool and shaded. The best soil 

 for Cyclamen consists of loam with which a little leaf 

 mould, dried cow manure rubbed through a sieve, and 

 sand are mixed. 



Cinerarias ought certainly to be grown, especially the 

 new, freely branched sorts that are smothered in bloom 

 in spring and early summer. Seed is sown in May, and 

 the plants are grown in a cold frame throughout the 



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