46 FRUITS, FLOWERS AND SHRUBS, 



tlier. The stalks that, are too weak for the flowers, 

 must be supported with sticks. 



aiBJ\''ATIO^'S AND PINKS, 



Sow carnations and pinks this month, on good light 

 earth, Vvcil dug and raked level ; sow the seed pretty 

 thick, rake it in lightly about a quarter inch deep — 

 water them frequently in dry weather. 



POLYANTHUS AND AURICUR^S. 



Sow polyanthus and auricula seeds this month, on 

 g^ootl light earth not much exposed to the sun: sow 

 them pretty thick and rake it in lightly ; w^hen the 

 plants appear, keep them well weeded : in July or 

 August they should be pricked out on a border shaded 

 from the sun, and watered. Those raised from seed 

 last year will now be in bloom, and the best may be 

 transplanted by themselves. 



FIBROUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 



Biennial and perennial flowers, with fibrous roots, 

 3aaay be sown this month; such as stock July flower?, 

 columbines, sweet Williams, wall-flowers, Greek va- 

 lerian, holly-hocks, French honey-suckles, catch-fly, 

 rose campions, kc. sow them in beds or borders of 

 rich earth, the larger seeds half an inch, and the 

 rimaller a quarter of an inch deep. Water them often 

 in dry weather, both before and after they come up.- 



Transplant, this month, biennial and perennial plants 

 with fibrous roots, as golden rods, asters, Canterbury 

 bells, scabiouses, campalunas, sun-flowers, rose-cam- 

 pion, Jychnises, rockets, batchelors' buttons, sweet 

 Williams, carnations, holly-hocks, gentiannella, Lon- 

 don pride, camomile, primroses, fraxinella, double la- 

 dies-smock, double ragged-robin, thrift, everlasting 

 peas, ^c^ and water tfeem. 



