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parts of the flower, been repeatedly recommended as 

 a good flower from which to save seed. Now, Glory 

 of Plymouth is one of the most double flowers that 

 has ever yet been raised, and, like Globe Crimson, 

 full to the centre ; and it might be asserted, without 

 fear of contradiction, that it never has been seeded 

 from, and that it is incapable of bearing seed. This 

 is not a matter of opinion, but one of fact ; and any 

 misstatement can be easily disproved. 



If all the imperfect blooms had been removed from 

 "Windsor Rival, not more than one pod of seed could 

 have been obtained in a season. 



We have already noticed which seed should be re- 

 jected ; and we may now observe that, that which is to 

 be preserved should be collected on a fine day, and, 

 after drying thoroughly, be rubbed out from the 

 heads, and kept dry until required for sowing. If 

 kept in the heads they are liable to become mouldy. 



The seed ought to be sown about the middle of 

 March on a slight hotbed, to get the plants up early ; 

 and which, if properly attended to, will flower the 

 same year ; the young plants ought to be pricked out 

 as soon as they are fit — three or four in a No. 48 pot ; 

 and as they advance in growth, they may be shifted 

 a month after into small 60 pots, one in each pot ; 

 which, after it has grown in strength and size, may 

 be shifted again into a 48, there to remain, till turned 

 into the ground about the third week of May : in 



