Pansy.— Hardy Biennial. Seed may bo sown in open ground in 
spring or summer, or 111 hot-bed curly in spring. Young plants produce 
the largest and best flowers. The plants should always occupy a cool, 
partially shaded situation, and the ground cannot be too rich ; coolness 
and moisture are necessary. Transplant when an inch high. Seed sown 
in July will blossom late in autumn; if sown in October, the following 
spring. The Pansy is a popular flower with both florists and amateurs, 
giving an abundance of bloom until after severe frosts, enduring our 
hard winters with safety, and greeting us in the earliest spring with a 
profusion of bright blossoms. It will flower better in middle of summer, 
if planted where it is somewhat shaded from the hot sun, and especially 
if furnished with a good supply of water. 
Petu n ia. -Tender Perennial. Petunias will do well sown in open 
border in the spring, or earlier in cold frame or liot-bed and transplanted 
18 inches apart. Bv the latter process they will come into bloom much 
earlier, although they will do perfectly well sown in open ground. Bo 
careful not to cover the small seeds too deeply; they like a sandy loaiu. 
Double Petunias, as a rule, are shapeless monstrosities. If grown in the 
open border, the stems are not stout enough to hold them up, especially 
when heavy with rain, and they become draggled and soiled with earth, 
and very unsightly objects they are. Double Petunias aro only satisfactory 
when grown in pots, and there nro so many better things for pot culture, 
that it seems a waste of time to devote it to these. It is different, how- 
ever, with t lie better single varieties, especially those of Petunia Grandi- 
flora. 
PhlOX Drummondii. -Hardy Annual. The seed can he planted 
in open ground In autumn, nr in spring in open ground, or plants may 
he started in the hot-bed in spring and transplanted. Set plants in good, 
rich soil six inches apart each way. 
PilOEyn© Suavis. Tender Perennial Climber. The correct 
name of this plant is “Melothria Punctata.” It is u rapid, graceful and 
fragrant climber, and one of the most satisfactory plants for summer or 
-winter. The slips grow easily, and any one cun succeed with it. 
Poppy.— Hardy Annual. The seeds should be sown where the plants 
are required, in spring, and thinned out so the plants will stand one foot 
apart. Just as soon us tire ground is mellow, prepare a patch by forking, 
then raking level; then sow the seed broudeust, rake it in lightly, and firm 
the soil on the surface with the roller or back of the Spade. The seed- 
lings will soon appear. Keep them weeded clean. They will bloom 
about the first of July. Let them ripen some seed and self-sow them- 
selves, and you will ever afterward have Poppies. 
Portulaca.— Tender Annual. Plant in open ground ufter it has 
become warm, in light, sandy soil, and in dry situation. After the 
plants appear, withhold water, and if the bed lias a full exposure to tire 
sun, the ground will be covered with plnnts, and the effect will be 
beautiful. 
Primula. — (Chinese Primrose.) Tender Perennial. The seed can 
he sown any time from February to July, nnd soil prepared as follows: 
Take some leaf mold, about twice as much loam, and enough sand to 
make tire whole light and porous. Mix all and pass through a flue sieve; 
till a small, shallow box to within an Inch of the top. and press down 
evenly. Then ufter watering tiro earth thoroughly, the seed may be 
sown Oil the surface with the lightest possible covering of soil, and kept 
constantly moist. It is best to place a piece of conrso brown wrapping 
paper on the soil to exclude light. If u line rose watering pot is not 
available, water us needed may be gently poured on the paper, which 
should he lifted ut night to give air, and entirely removed as soon us 
signs of the plants appear. When the plants ure large enough to handle, 
they wuy be transplanted to another box, and when still larger put into 
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