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thickly underplanted with the rich purple Horned Violet 

 G. Wenberg. Mr. E. T. Cook says: "Cuttings of the 

 young plants strike root readily in spring and the plants so 

 obtained may be grown in various ways. If the tops are 

 pinched out two or three times when the plants are young 

 they form neat bushes; next, allowed to grow at will with 

 the leading shoots tied to a stake, they assume naturally 

 more or less of a pyramidal habit, while standards, which 

 are admired by many, are formed by tying the plants up- 

 right, and removing all the side shoots until the required 

 height is attained, when the upper portion of the plant 

 which is to form the head may be allowed to branch out." 



The least expensive, and often very pretty, bedding may 

 be done with annuals, though of course there is an element 

 of uncertainty and a bit of waywardness not present when 

 use is made of the regular bedders. To insure an early 

 blossoming annuals should be raised in a hotbed or frame, 

 or in a box in a sunny window. Seed thus started in Febru- 

 ary or March, pricked out into other boxes or tiny pots 

 when the plants are possessed of two or three leaves, 

 provides thrifty little plants for the beds by the time 

 danger of frost is past. Seed for this purpose should 

 not be bought "mixed," and only varieties that flower 

 the whole season should be chosen. Some useful kinds 

 are: Verbenas, pink and white and scarlet; French Mari- 

 golds, Calendulas, Zinnias; Petunias Rosy Morn, Dou- 

 ble White, and the handsome violet-blue Velchenblau; 

 Snapdragons, Intermediate varieties and the Tom Thumbs, 

 Stocks (Cut-and-come-again varieties), Alyssum Little Gem 

 or White Fleece, Browallia speciosa major, Calceolaria 



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