ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS, 



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©ne to three weeks after it is sown, except the seed of 

 Cypress vine, which should be first partially scalded 

 in warm water, and then sown. If some of the hardy 

 annuals be sown in September, they will grow large 

 enough to survive the winter by a slight covering of 

 straw or litter ; and if plants thus raised, be trans- 

 planted early in the spring, they will produce very 

 early flowers. The following are some of the hardiest : 



Alyssum sweet. 

 Coreopsis, in varieties. 

 China aster, in varieties. 

 Catch fly. 



Chrysanthemum, in varieties. 



Evening Primrose. 

 Larkspur, in varieties. 

 Pansey, or Heart's ease* 

 Poppy, in varieties. 

 Rocket Larkspur. 



To prevent disappointment, I would recommend 

 great care to be taken to keep the seed beds as clear 

 from weeds as possible. It cannot be denied but 

 young plants are apt to get smothered, and sometimes 

 pulled up with weeds. To obviate this, I would sug- 

 gest that the seeds be sown in shallow drills, each 

 kind by itself, and that an account be kept of the con- 

 tents of each drill in a book ; also of all seeds that are 

 sown at different times, and by being particular in the 

 dates, you may always know when to expect your 

 plants to come up. Those persons who may be 

 totally unacquainted with plants, will, by this means, 

 be enabled to identify each particular kind, and thus 

 become familiarly acquainted with them. In order 

 that this may be rendered plain to my readers, I adopt 

 the following plan of entry of six kinds sown in pots, 

 and six in the open ground : 



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