Begomas will grow with striking impressiveness, and notwith- 

 standiug the splendor of this assemblage, no grubby or common- 

 place little flower-bed could require less care or give less trouble, 

 or have a longer period of bloom because both the tufted pansies 

 and the tuberous Begonias A\'ill bloom through Summer and 

 Autumn if their faded flowers are kept cut. 



As the seedlings become large enough for transplanting, 

 move them on to pots two and a half or three inches in size, or to 

 other flats (I prefer flats). The seedlings will not all reach the 

 transplanting stage at the same time, but that need cause you no 

 inconvenience just go on transplanting those that are large 

 enough. The soil for the young seedlings, whether planted in pots 

 or in the garden, should be rich and should contain a good per- 

 centage of sand ( I should say a fourth would be sufficient) . These 

 tuberous Begonias grown from seed sown in Spring will bloom in 

 late June or July. They may be planted out of doors after the 

 usual "liardening off." ^Naturally, settled warmth is the time for 

 that, as I need not say that a sharp frost would be most injurious 

 to tliem. 



It is essential that they be well watered in dry weather and 

 the best way to do so is to remove the nozzle from the hose, cover 

 the end with a piece of cheesecloth to soften the pressure and then 

 place the hose in the bed or border. 



Relative to the care of jonr tuberous Begonia stock over the 

 Winter this I will give with careful detail in the next number of 

 Our Garden Journal. 



To describe growing these rich and splendid flowers. Which 

 will bloom until frost from Spring sown seed, would be but a 

 repetition of growing anything icell from seed; however, as they 

 demand some slight additional culture, I will be as explicit as 

 possible. Of course the most important factor is fresh, fertile 

 «eed, which either Farquhar of Boston or H. H. Berger, of New 

 York City, can supply. The seed can be sown in either flats or 

 pots. I prefer flat^ and they are prepared in the usual way, that 

 is, with the provision for drainage-, then fllled with a good sandy 

 loam, having a thin layer, of sharp sand on the surface, and then 



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