118 GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



Sow the seeds as soon as they are ripe ; place the 

 pot in which they are sown on a shelf in the green- 

 house, near to the glass ; give a little water with a 

 fine rose as it appears to require it : here let them 

 remain until January, then pot off the plants, one 

 in each pot, in No. 60 ; then place them in a gentle 

 dung heat to assist them in obtaining a good root ; 

 when this is accomplished, they may be removed 

 into the flower-house, placing them near the glass ; 

 this hardens the plants for the greenhouse, into which 

 let them be taken ; when hardy enough to grow- 

 well there, they may be shifted into No. 12. 



Soil. — Two parts loam, one part dung, one leaf 

 mould, with about one sixth part rough sand. Let 

 the plants be trained to stakes set about four inches 

 apart, round the edge of the pot. They will flower 

 this month. This Lobelia should be in the posses- 

 sion of every lover of flowers ; it is to be procured 

 at most of the nurseries, at a low price. 



MIMOSA SENSITIVA. SENSITIVE PLANT. 



Class, Polygamia. Order, Moncecia* 



Leguminos;e. 

 Native of Brazil, 1648. — Propagation, seeds. 

 Sow the seeds early in February, and place the 

 pot into a dung heat of about 75° ; as soon as the 

 plants are two inches high, pot them into No. 60, 

 one in each pot, using the following soil : one part 



