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Sow the seed generously, and if the plants crowd 

 each other the following spring, weed them out. 

 Never attempt to transplant. The Eschscholtzia 

 does well in the sun and in a rich soil. Its 

 bloom is at the best from June 20th to August 

 1st, but it continues to flower sparingly till 

 frost. 



Alyssum maritimum, the well-known Sweet 

 Alyssum, grows about nine inches high, and is 

 covered from June 20th until frost with a luxu- 

 riant mass of small white flowers. There are 

 some dwarf varieties, — A. Benthami compactum, or 

 Tom Thumb ; A. compactum erectum, or Little 

 Gem, growing about six inches high ; and A. com- 

 pactum procumbens, or Carpet of Snow, which 

 scarcely exceeds three inches. Much praise is de- 

 voted to the Little Gem variety by the seedsmen, 

 but with little justification, to my mind, the type 

 being far superior to any of the varieties. Simply 

 because a flower difi^ers from the type is no rea- 

 son for preferring it, and I feel quite sure that if 

 the Little Gem were the type and A. maritimum 

 the variation, the growers would become most 

 enthusiastic over this wonderful improvement in 

 a common flower. The cultivation of Sweet 

 Alyssum is of the simplest. It should be sown 

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