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coloured Convolvoluses, very gay and pretty,) 
require a little heat, and must be raised indoors 
or else in a slight hotbed. 
No one can ever sow too much Mignonette — if 
I had my will it should fill the gaps and spaces in 
every mixed border, and should grow at the feet 
of the climbers upon our fence, and on our rustic 
summer-house. The pretty little Anagallis is 
another flower to sow, and then there are the 
Larkspurs, Candytufts, Veronicas, and Minor Con- 
volvolus, with their beautiful blue colour, Tro- 
pselium or “Tom Thumb” Nasturtiums, the French 
Poppies, the Nemophilas, Campanulas, Lupiues, 
and Lobelias, and, later in the year, the dwarf 
French and German Asters, all being useful to 
make the garden gay. In a little warmth we may 
sow many of these seeds early to have a second 
series of their pretty flowers. 
When the annuals are over, or when their chief 
beauty is past, we may have Chrysanthemums, and 
these, if grown from cuttings, often make nice 
dwarf-growing little plants. But towards Novem- 
ber even the Dahlias vanish altogether, and for the 
last two months of each year we are only pleased if 
we find any flowers. 
Laurustinus is sometimes pretty in the borders, 
