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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 drain- 

 age, 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. AVhen 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 band-glass, 

 in a shady part of the garden, no artificial heat being required. In 

 large establishments, of course, there are propagating or other bouses 

 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 prepared 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 plant 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-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 

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



