226 
Garden Work 
post, and proceeding in the same way, as advised for 
Cyclamen. As the seed is very small, it must only be 
covered very slightly with soil, after which the pot or pan 
should be covered with glass and brown paper. The glass 
should be taken off and wiped occasionally to prevent the 
condensed moisture from dropping on the soil, and perhaps 
causing the young 
seedlings to “ damp 
off” as soon as they 
appear. Immedi 
ately the seedlings 
are seen, the glass 
must be removed, 
and the pot or pan 
placed on a shelf 
near the glass, to 
ensure nice healthy, 
sturdy plants being 
produced. As soon 
as the plants are 
large enough they 
should be pricked 
off into 6o’s pots, using 3 parts loam, 1 part of leaf mould, 
^ part of well-rotted manure, with a good sprinkling of 
sand ; the pots should again be placed on a shelf near the 
glass, and carefully watered. When the pots are well filled 
with roots, the plants should be potted into 4-in. pots, 
using a similar compost, after which they should be placed 
on a cool, airy shelf again. When the pots are well filled 
with roots the plants may be moved into 7-in. pots, in 
which they will flower, using a compost of 3 parts of good 
