MARCH: FOURTH WEEK 8 I 



Scatter the seed as evenly as possible and then firm the 

 whole surface with a small board or with the back of a 

 spade. Thin out, on a cloudy day, if the plants are too thick. 



For briUiant and lasting mass effects, with a minimum of 

 expense and trouble, no flowers exceed the plebeian petunia. 

 For most bedding purposes the single-flowered sorts, in 

 separate colors, are preferable. The seed is quite small and 

 germinates freely, but the plants are usually left too close 

 together to produce the best results. Thin to stand eight 

 to twelve inches apart. In thinning the double sorts, re- 

 move the strongest plants, as they are more likely to bear 

 single or worthless flowers. 



For low-growing, spreading plants to give brilliant masses 

 of color up to hard frosts, glorifying the autumn garden, 

 sow a few beds or parts of beds to verbenas. They may be 

 thinned to ten to twelve inches at first, and then every other 

 plant removed and set out where earlier flowers have gone 

 by or failed. There is a new crested type quite distinct from 

 the older sorts. 



