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a lot of dry hay. After a time they start again into fresh growth, 

 and are then safe. 



Many of the plants are raised from seeds. These include Daisies 

 (all varieties except ' Alice ') sown in June, Erysimum sown in June ; 

 Golden Feather in July ; Honesty in May ; Myosotis in June ; Poly- 

 anthus in February ; Primrose in February ; Stocks in June ; Wall- 

 flowers, ' Phoenix ' and ' Earliest of All,' sown in May ; other varieties 

 in June. These will all require good cultivation and attention when 

 put out in the reserve garden in order to have them strong for flowering 

 in the following spring. We watch for showery weather when about 

 to plant them in the garden for the summer. This is especially 

 necessary with the small seedling Polyanthus plants and Primroses. 

 They are put on a north border in May, and make fine large plants 

 in the following autumn. Many persons can grow them by division 

 of the roots after flowering is over. This plan cannot be relied upon 

 at Bel voir because we usually get a very dry air in July and August, 

 and a fortnight of that is fatal to them. The same reason prevents 

 us growing the double varieties of Primrose and a few other things 

 which I have not mentioned. Tulips are preserved carefully when 

 the beds are cleared in May, and are planted in the ground again for 

 a time until the tops die away. Some experiments which I carried 

 out a few years since proved that the worst time for moving Tulips 

 was about a month after flowering was over. Some lifted when in 

 full flower increased much faster than the others, as they continued 

 growing and formed new bulbs better and stronger. We grow two 

 sets at Belvoir. Those in the beds this year will go to the reserve 

 garden when lifted ; after they die off they are dried and cleaned. 

 In the autumn they are planted in a plot that has previously been 

 got ready for them. They flower there next year and any mixed ones 

 are put right ; then after drying and cleaning they are used for the 

 beds again. We find some varieties increase very quickly and a 

 large stock is soon obtained. Others have to be replenished from 

 the nurserymen occasionally ; but this plan of growing them reduces 

 the expense very much, and no one need be deterred from using them 

 if they take care of them. 



Hyacinths are not so easily managed, but those who have sandy 

 soils would be more successful with them than I have been. They 

 do not mature well after they are taken from the beds, and eventually 

 get very weak or disappear altogether. We are never able to use 

 them again in the beds ; they furnish flowers for cutting for room 

 decoration. 



Three plants have been mentioned which did not survive the 

 severe winter of 1895-96. Embothrium coccineum, which was not 

 planted until 1908, it is now 6 feet high but has not yet flowered ; 

 Stocks, which are not hardy, they are always wintered in cold frames 

 and planted out in March ; and Philadelphus 1 Voie Lactee,' a new 

 variety which has only been a short time in the collection. 



