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possible, and when the weather is pleasant, some air may be admitted. 

 As soon as the plants are large enough to handle, pick them out of the 

 seed-pot; in other words, transplant them into another pot, placing 

 them about one inch apart ; they must be shaded for a few days from 

 the sun, until they are established. When large enough, they can be 

 planted separately into small pots, and kept thus until the proper season 

 for planting out in the garden. 



BIENNIALS. — These do not usually bloom until the second season 

 after sowing. They may be sown out of doors, at least those that are 

 hardy, while a few very desirable ones had better be sown in pots. The 

 following are among the most desirable, — Wall- flower, Foxglove, Pinks, 

 Sweet William, Antirrhinum, Hollyhock, Larkspur, Canterbury Bell, 

 and others. 



CALCEOLARIA. — As this very desirable flower requires a little 

 •special care, the following method should be adopted. The seed should 

 be sown in the latter part of August, or beginning of September, in 

 pots prepared in the following manner : the pot to be half-filled with 

 drainage, over that, the rough sifting of the mould, and the surface 

 covered with soil as fine as possible, half of which should be composed 

 of river sand. When prepared thus, it should be watered with a fine 

 rose, immediately after which sow the seed carefully, without any 

 covering of soil. The pots should then be placed under a close frame 

 or hand-glass, in a shady part of the garden, no artificial heat being 

 required. In large establishments, of course there are propagating or 

 other houses that will do, where the same kind of moist temperature 

 could be obtained, but any exposure to the sun must be carefully 

 guarded against by mats or paper. If the situation is of the proper 

 temperature, they will require watering but very seldom. Directly 

 the seedlings are strong enough, they must be picked off in pots pre- 

 pared as before, and placed in the same situation : from the store pots 

 they will require to be potted off singly ; after this the plants will grow 

 very rapidly. Through the winter, the plants will thrive well on the 

 shelves near the glass, in the green-houses ; and, to obtain fine speci- 

 mens, they must be shifted on freely till the flower-stalks have started, 

 and should always be smoked with tobacco directly the green-fly ap- 

 pears, as no plants in cultivation so readily suffer from this insect as 

 the Calceolaria. 



It is necessary to remark, that one of the most frequent causes of the 

 appearance of these injurious insects, is the plant becoming root-bound; 

 to avoid which evil, it is important that it should frequently be re-potted 

 during the growing season. 



CINERARIA are more hardy in their growth, and require somewhat 

 less care than the above, but for them the same treatment will suit in 



