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have not been esteemed woithy of a place in the garden of the most fastidious 

 amateur, or the professional florist. 



While we solicit increased demands fur our seeds, we do not forget that 

 there is much reason to be grateful for the hugely increasecl orders that come 

 to US from every section of the country. Tliere will lio s'.iil greater reas(jn for 

 gratitude, if the time shall ever come, when a Flower Garden shall be an insep- 

 arable adjunct of a happy home. Let children there receive their first object 

 lessons. The beautiful flower, unfolding to the brightness of the sun. will 

 illustrate the pnre heart, unstained by immorality, and riucontaminated l»y 

 vice. The pearly dew drop in the bosom of the beautifv.l flower, will givr 

 meaning to the words of purity and trutji. that fall from the lips of a loving' 

 and pious mother. 





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HE general rule for sowing flower seeds, as well as any other 

 kind, is to sow them at the i)roper depth; and the dejtth at 

 irJtirh.they are sown, should in evety instance he (joverned 

 1)1/ the size of the seed itself. As the spi'outs of small see<ls 

 iu-e naturally small, if sown as (lee|) as large seeds, they 

 will- be either unusually long in stalling, or more likely 

 pt'ri>h in Ihe uidunil after sp' ouliiig. IVdin waul of suflicient 

 strength in the young spronis to foice a passage through the 

 scjil. Very small seeds, such as I'ortulaca, Campanula, 

 gilalis, ttc, should be merely sprinkled on llie surface (»!" the ground, after 

 dviug It (juite smooth with the back (W a spaile. and l)arely covered with fine 

 led, light, mellow soil, and afterward prolei-ted fro.n llu' scorching sun and 

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