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and not far surpassed by either in appearance. Sow early in 

 March, or in February, on a hot-bed and under a f; ame or hand- 

 glass. Take care to keep the plants thinned out so as not to let 

 them get weak, and give plenty of air, especially in the middle of 

 the day. Early in April plant them out where they are to blow, 

 and let this be in the front part of the flower-borders ; put in four 

 or five plants in a clump, or more, so that, when you find their 

 flower-buds appearing, you can pull up those plants that are 

 showing for single flowers, except one, which you should always 

 leave for seed. The red is by far the most showy variety. Sow 

 again in May, and the plants of this sowing will, when planted 



out, keep up a succession of flowering till October. Stock, 



walUjiower leaved. — Lat. C. Graecus. Also an annual, rising 

 to ten or twelve inches high, having leaves unlike all the 

 former, of -a darkish shining green, and being perfectly smooth. 

 Blows, in May and June, double or single flowers, white, red, or 

 violet. To be treated like the ten-week stock. All these plants 

 bear their seed on plants that blow single flowers, and, to make 

 sure of saving seed that shall produce double flowers, the seed 

 plant should stand amidst those that are blowing double. The 

 double-flowering ones show themselves very early ; their buds are 

 much larger and rounder than the single, and appear to be burst- 

 ing when the single have no such appearance. Stock, the 



Indian. — Lat. C. maritimus. A very pretty little annual. Grows 

 about eight inches high, and blows, in June and July, a very 

 small but very showy little lilac, red, or white flower. This plant is 

 of itself so small that it should stand in thick tufts, or thickly in 

 a line ; and, when the flowers are going ofl', the tr/ps of the 

 plants may be cut ofi* with a pair of shears, and will then sprout 

 out again and blow afresh. The best way, however, is to sow for 

 a succession ; beginning by a sowing in March, then sow again in 

 April, May, and June, in the places where the plants are to stand 

 and blow. A pretty little flower. 



579. STRAWBERRY-BLITE, slender -hranched. — Lat. 

 Blitiwi virgatum. An annual plant of France and the greater 

 part of Europe, which grow s one or two feet high, and blows 

 from May to August. When once raised in a soil that it likes, it 

 sows itself without further trouble. 



580. SUN-FLOWER.— Lat. Helienthus multifiora. A hardy 



