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FAJtlllAR GARIiEX FIOWERS. 



SO as to make all sweet and safe ni,raiiist winter damp. 

 Prom time to time more seedling plants will appear, and 

 at the dawn of spring the boxes will be crowded. 



Keep the seedlings in their seed-boxes freely ventilated, 

 and in the month of A^jril remove them to a sheltered shady 

 border near at hand, and convenient for observation. As 

 the little plants make their proper leaves, carefully lift them 

 out with a thin slip of wood and plant them in a border 

 prepared for the purpose; the soil must be sweet and sandy, 

 without manure, and a little shaded. When located in this 

 border, your work as regards the " raising " may be con- 

 sidered finished. You will now wait to see them flower, 

 and thej' will be in no hurry to tell you what they are and 

 what they mean. But they will pay you well for all pr(jper 

 patience, and as they come into flower you will form a 

 judgment of their merits. 



