24 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



As soon as tlie 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, rough siftings of the mould, and the surface covered with 

 soil as fine as possible, half of which should be composed of silver 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 establish- 

 ments, 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 pricked ofi" in pots prepared as before, and placed in the same situa- 

 tion : from the store pots they will require to be potted ofi' 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 specimens, they must be shifted on freely till the 

 flower-stalks have started, and should always be smoked with tobacco 

 directly the green-fly appears, 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-hound; 

 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 raising 

 of seed, &c. If required to flower in the winter, seed should be sown 

 in April and May, and in the following months for spring flowering. 



