CULTIVATION OF COMPOSITES. 



MOST OF the annuals are best sown where they are to 

 flower. Where winters are mild, they may be sown in autumn 

 and will flower early spring ; but if frost is expected they should 

 be sown in spring. Some of them will stand transplanting if it 

 is done carefully and quickly, but mostly they should be thinned 

 out. They flower best in full sun in soil that is not too rich. 



Perennial dimorphothecas andgazanias we sow in early autumn 

 and plant out as soon as big enough ready for spring flowering ; 

 but in colder climates they must be sown in spring and then 

 brought through the winter in a cold frame or slightly heated 

 greenhouse. 



Dimorphotheca spectabtlis is always best sown in spring. Care 

 should be taken to cover seeds of all these plants very lightly 

 when sowing. 



