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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
are Late Tulips, various ; Crown Imperials, red and yellow ; Lilies 
of various kinds, as L. Candida, white ; L. martagon, scarlet, yellow, 
etc. ; L. tigrinurn, deep orange, spotted, and several others. Bulbs 
that are generally imported, and may be had in abundance in the 
autumn, at which time they should be planted, are early tulips, 
hyacinths, narcissus, jonquils, etc. 
From the foregoing list a selection may be made which will keep 
the little garden in blooming condition nearly the whole year, and 
when once planted they will continue for years ; but as some of them 
grow much faster than others, it will be necessary sometimes to take 
them up, and divide the roots of the freer growing sorts. If all are 
kept clean and tidy, and the ground disturbed between them often, 
these will give as creditable appearance to the little garden as any- 
thing. But yet some may prefer other modes of planting the little 
garden. Such plants as the above might be placed widely apart, 
and bedding plants or annuals placed between ; others may be fond 
of annuals, and desire to have them alone. Of annuals some may be 
sown in September, to stand the winter, and flower early in the 
spring ; other sorts, if sown early in the spring, flower early, and are 
soon over ; some flower more in the summer ; others flower till the 
winter’s frost cuts them off. The seeds of most kinds of annuals 
can be procured very cheaply, but very cheap seeds should be looked 
on with suspicion, for there is much deception practised by cheap 
venders. It is worth knowing that annuals may be kept in bloom 
a long time merely by picking off the old flowers as fast as they 
begin to fade. Where this is not done, they perfect their seeds in 
abundance, and some sorts are soon over, and have ripened a 
quantity of seed before they have done flowering. It may be also 
worth knowing by what means success is most likely to attend the 
sowing of small seeds. There are various causes of failure — the 
ground may be too cold and wet ; in this case the sowing should be 
put off till warmer weather ; or the ground may be too light and dry, 
when it. will be as well to sow immediately after rain ; or the ground 
may be too rough, and the seed gets buried too deep. To prevent 
this, it is a good plan to press the spot with the bottom of a garden 
pan or saucer, and on the flat level place thus made scatter the seed 
and cover very lightly with very fine earth. The seeds should be 
buried slightly or otherwise according to the size ; for instance, the 
seeds of salpiglossis and others, being very small, require but the 
slightest covering ; those of larkspur, being larger, may be buried 
nearly half an inch ; while lupins of the larger sort may be buried 
more than an inch. Care should be taken to give them sufficient 
room either by sowing thinly or by thinning them after they are up ; 
six in a patch is quite enough of anything, and the thinnings will 
bear planting again. If the ground remains moist till the seeds are 
up, so much the better, but if watering is necessary, they should be 
kept moist, for if the ground becomes caked over the seeds, they will 
not grow. The following are some of the kinds that will grow 
almost anywhere Sweet Alyssum, white ; Aster tenellus, blue 
and yellow; Campanula, or Venus’ looking-glass, blue; Catauanche 
lutea, yellow ; Claytonea perfoliata, white ; Cynoglossum linifolium, 
