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into larger pots, and when the Spring frost is over, 
the plants may be turned out into the flower garden, 
and if put in beds, set them about eighteen inches 
apart, at right angles, and at the same time sow some 
seed in the intermediate spaces, and you will have 
plants to follow in succession, which will flower nearly 
all Summer. 
Any other choice annual flowers may be treated in 
the same manner. 
THUNBERGIA. 
All Thunbergias are very pretty climbing plants, 
and are also suitable for window cultivation, as they 
commence flowering when small plants, and continue 
doing so during the Summer and Fall. 
Sow the seed in April or May in pots filled with 
equal quantities of light sandy loam and leaf mould; 
cover the seed lightly, give a gentle watering, and 
place them in a room window where the temperature 
is about 60 degrees, keeping the soil moist, and the 
plants will make their appearance in two or three 
weeks. As soon as the young plants show the volute, 
shake them out of the seed pot, and put one plant in a 
pot of four or five inches diameter, (using the same 
kind of soil,) place a stick in the centre two or three 
feet high, for the volute to twine upon, and as soon as 
it has reached the top of the stick, pinch off the end, 
