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flowers, and consequently to select the plants, is the 

 morning, for the sun injures the brilliancy of the 

 flowers ; and the summer's flowers are much superior 

 in beauty to those produced later in the season ; 

 though in September and October, before any frost 

 comes, the quantity of flowers which are then in blow 

 at once, makes the show at that period the most 

 splendid. (Hort. Soc. Trans.) 



Mr. Glenny says that as the seedlings come up air 

 should be given to them, to prevent them drawing. 

 As soon as they are large enough, which will be when 

 they have six leaves, they may be planted singly in 

 thumb-pots, and replaced in the frame, or three, four, 

 or more in pots of a larger size ; and by the time the 

 heat of the frame has declined, they will be strong 

 enough to withstand the weather, if they are covered 

 at night, and during frosts. 



Those who sow in large quantities will do well to 

 defer sowing until the beginning of April ; inserting 

 the seed in pans or boxes, or broadcast in a frame ; 

 they may then remain until planting time, when they 

 may be planted out according to the convenience of 

 the grower. (Gard. and Flor. i. 241.) 



For large quantities, it would not do to let them 

 remain in the seed-pan : to do so, it must be small 

 quantities, and sown very thin. A moderate heat 

 should never be used, but always a very strong one, 

 otherwise the most likely and promising seeds would 



