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incli apart ; they must be shaded for a few days from the sun, 

 until they are established. When large enough, they can be 

 planted separately into small pots, and kept thus until the proper 

 season for planting out in the garden. 



Many annuals are very desirable for the green house for winter 

 blooming, and must be sown in July or August. Of these the 

 most important are Sweet Alyssum, Candytuft, Mignonette. Lo- 

 belia, Scliizanthus, German Stocks, Browallia, Tropseolum. Many 

 varieties, as well as the above, may be sown later for blooming 

 early in the spring, such as Pansy, Ageratum, Antirrhinum, 

 China Pink, Dianthus Heddewegii, Laciniatus, and Diadematus, 

 Acroclinium roseum, Linum grandiflorum, Mimulus, Myosotis, 

 Petunias, Phlox Drummondii, Salpiglossis, Verbena, Vinca rosea, 

 and others. 



BIENNIALS. — These do not usually bloom until the second 

 season after sowing. They may be sown out of doors, at least those 

 that are hardy, while a few very desirable ones had better be 

 sown in pots. The following are among the most desirable : 

 Wall-flower, Foxglove, Pinks, Sweet William, Antirrhinum, Hoi 

 lyhock, Larkspur, Canterbury Bell. 



CLIMBERS, for garden decoration should be sown in February 

 and March, the earlier the better, as the display for the after 

 season will be in proportion to their early vigor for planting out ; 

 such as Coboea, Thunhergia, Maurandia, Lophospermunij Calampelis 

 (^Eccremocarpus), and Tropceolum of sorts. 



CLEMATIS species amongst hardy shrubs, and PENSTEMON, 

 amongst herbaceous plants, are prominent instances of seeds 

 which remain long dormant, often a whole year, before they grow. 



The germination of many hard seeds of strong body through- 

 out, either green-house, or hot-house species, which are imper- 

 vious to moisture, is greatly accelerated by pouring boiling water 

 over them, in a dish or cup, and remain thus until the following 

 morning, and then sown. Thus treated, the yoi-«ng plants often 

 appear in a few weeks, but without such a preparation they are 

 often many months. The varieties of Acacia, Erythrina and 

 Canna, are the most prominent of this class. 



CALCEOLARIA. — As this very desirable flower requires a little 

 special care, the following method should be adopted. The seed 

 should be sown in the latter part of August, or beginning of Sep- 

 tember, in pots prepared in the following manner: the pot to be 

 half-filled with drainage, over that the rough sifting of the mould, 

 and the surface covered with soil as fine as possible, half of which 

 should be composed of river sand. When prepared thus, it should 

 be watered with a fine rose, immediately after which sow the seed 

 carefully, without any covering of soil. The pots should then 

 be placed under a close frame or hand-glass, in a shady part €>f 

 the garden, no artificial heat being required. In large establish- 

 ments, of course, there are propagating or other houses that will 

 do, where the same kind of moist temperature comld be obtained, 

 but any exposure to the sun must be carefully guarded against 



