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BIENNIAL FLOWERS,, 
BIENNIAL FLOWERS. 
Biennial Flowers may be divided into two kinds, 
viz: hardy and tender . They are raised from seed 
sown in Spring or Summer, and usually flower in the 
succeeding year, when they generally die, if allowed 
to bear seed ; although many of them will live for 
three or even four years, if the flowers are cut off and 
not allowed to go to seed, and the plants are preserved 
from injury. 
The hardy kinds may be either sown in the open 
borders, or in a bed set apart for that purpose, in April 
or May; they will grow in any good garden soil. Sow 
them in shallow drills, and cover the seeds with fine 
soil, and when two or three inches high, transplant 
them into other beds, four to six inches apart, to allow 
them room to grow strong; and when they have grown 
to a good size, they may be removed, with as much 
earth as will adhere to their roots, and planted in their 
final destination in the flower garden. This may be 
done either in Spring or Falk 
The tender kinds of Biennial plants that are liable 
to be killed in Winter, may be taken up and potted 
in the Fall, and protected in a frame during Win¬ 
ter ; or the pots can be placed in the greenhouse, and 
if shifted into larger pots in March, they will flower 
by the end of May, and may then be planted out in the 
garden, where they will flower the greater part of the 
Summer. 
Many kinds that ripen their seeds early in Summer, 
should be sown as soon as convenient after being 
