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of these bulbs are all now jotted down In Joseph’s 
note-book, to be again deeply considered when It 
comes time for autumn planting. 
Among other things that Joseph has attended to 
recently has been the setting out in the garden of 
the little plants that he raised In the boxes under 
the camera plates. The baby’s breath has now be- 
come neat-looking little plants, which have been 
thinned out and set In the soil twelve Inches apart. 
I have never seen this plant In bloom, so I shall still 
have to wait a while to know much more about It. 
In the catalogue we read that Its flowers would be 
white, or rosy, and that the plants would be nearly 
covered with them. 
The ten-weeks stocks are now also' set out In the 
garden, looking slim and dignified with a space of 
twelve Inches between them. We expect these 
flowers to be w^hlte, pink and purple. The white 
ones should bear double blossoms. I feel sure 
we shall be satisfied with these stocks, for they 
already have a vigorous look, and I like the soft 
shade of their foliage. As their name implies, they 
will last In bloom a long time. 
The cardinal-flowers have been slower In start- 
ing than the others, and even now are not large 
enough to transplant. 
It has proved quite a success sowing these seeds 
In the boxes indoors, for the plants are surely now 
better grown than if we had waited until May to 
put them In open ground. The experiment was 
