seed should be kept in the pods as much as 
possible till the time of sowing. 
Some sow this seed in September, but this 
practice I quite disagree with, therefore w’ould 
recommend about the middle of February, or 
not later than the 10th or 12th of March. 
Your seed should be sown in small pots, about 
six inches over the top, and about six inches 
deep, or what are tenned by the potters about 
London, flat thirty-two’s ; the hole at the bot- 
tom of the pot should be broken with a hammer 
and made lai'ger than usual, after which it 
should be covered with a hollow oyster-shell, 
or a piece of tile made to lie hollow, or a piece 
or two of garden pot, which will drain off the 
water from the pots. Your pots should 
filled about two inches and a half with coal 
ashes or small cinders, about the size of coarse 
gravel, which will greatly assist in draining off 
the water, and at the same time prevent the 
worms getting into the pots, and disturbing or 
injuring your choice seedling plants. Fill the 
pots with the same kind of compost, sifted finely, 
that you use for your blooming plants, within 
about half an inch of the top ; shake the pot 
well to settle the mould, then smooth the 
earth, and let it be tokrably well pressed with 
the bottom of an empty pot, or something flat, 
