^ The seed should be thinly sown in flats or 

 frames, or in the open where the plants are to 

 mature and I assure you they will please you 

 always 33 33 



^ If you should ^art to grow from seed in the 

 early Autumn, sow it in a cold frame. Seed sown 

 say in November or January, or any cold month 



(should be under glass, either in a greenhouse or 

 hot frame 33 33 

 ^ Indeed I have found the results far more satis- 

 factory than growing this ^rain (the St. Brigids) 

 from tubers, and the plants thus reared are much 

 more robu^, as you will agree when you see the 

 wonder of them. 



^ Autumn sown seed is especially desirable be- 

 cause it is fresh, newly ripened and seems eager to 

 grow. You may sow it in the Autumn too, or even 

 in the Winter, but late Autumn is undoubtedly 

 the very be^ time of all. 



^ I have known gardeners who have sown anem- 

 one seed in March and after waiting for a long 

 time for a sign of germination they grew discour- 

 aged and believed the seed worthless, paid no more 

 attention to it, only to be a^onished several weeks 

 later to see germination. But it was slow, very 



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