REMARKS, NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS 
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4 GOD’S LOVE, AND BEAUTY. -“My Father in Heaven, help me never to forget Thy love to me. It comes 4 
J with the light of the morning, and it remains'with the light of the stars of the night. It looks up at me in the beauty of the 4 
4 flower. It shines upon me in the smile of a friend. All beautiful things are the gifts of Thy love. Help me to be thankful, and 4 
: to link every beautiful thing with Thee. Amen." John Henry Jowett. T 
|pgy" My friends, are these your sentiments? If not, why not? Park. 
HE past year was not very favorable for 
the germination of seeds. The weather 
_ was either too wet or too dry to promote 
successful sowing. However, many of my 
friends have sent in favorable reports. The 
Ostrowskia has been more or less complained 
of, yet a number of those who got the seeds 
were successful in raising plants. The seeds are 
considered difficult to start, and are mostly 
very tardy. Many persons were too impatient 
and neglected to care for the seed-bed before 
the seeds had time to start. The beauty of the 
plant, however, should prompt the sower to 
not be too impatient. The same may be said 
of Delphinium, Meconopsis, Dictamnus, Helle- 
borus, Adlumia, and many other seeds. It is 
always well to consult the index page and note 
the time required for germination. Those 
periods are not to be relied on entirely, but 
mostly indicate the time approximately. 
borne years ago 1 ? 
brought from Bohemia 
a cluster of Pricel berries 
the seeds of which I took 
from the fresh fruit and 
planted in a labeled row 
in the garden. I expect¬ 
ed to see the plants in 
the Spring, but was dis¬ 
appointed. Next Spring 
I felt sure the plants 
would appear, but, do 
you know, one morning 
in the fourth Spring I 
was surprised and de¬ 
lighted to find the plants 
standing like a row of 
little soldiers, smiling in 
the warm sunlight. Well, it taught me a lesson 
in patience in sowing I have never forgotten. 
Benary’s Giant Gloxinias. —These are of 
surpassing beauty. The plants are robust and 
are of good habit, 
while the enor¬ 
mous flowers are 
of splendid form 
and display the 
richest, rarest, and 
__ the most exquisite 
colors, rare and beautiful and contrasted in 
the most striking manner. They are real eye- 
openers, and make the beholder stand speech¬ 
less in wonder and admiration. 100 seeds 5cts. 
Dear Mr. Park: I just want to tell you about 
the many Gloxinias I have raised from your seeds of 
Benary’s Giants. They are wonderful. Some of the 
blossoms measure over four inches across. The ones I 
raised last year drew the blue ribbon at the Flower 
Show this August. The seed I sowed last March yield¬ 
ed plants that were i n bloom in just six months.--Mrs. 
Jas. Farrar, Franklin Go., Vt., Oct. 2,1933. 
Gloxinias, etc.. Dear Mr. Park: I have a nice lot 
of Gloxinias and Christmas Cheer Begonias coming on, and 
my Sweet Peas bloomed so profusely and were so beauiiful that 
everyone admired them. Miss R. Dukes, Orangeburg Co., S. C. 
VlSCARIA 
The Eureka is a beautifvd Violet (Page 47) 
but for some reason which 
I do not know but much 
regret, a portion of the 
seeds sent out last year 
were not true. Now I will 
gladly send another pack¬ 
et to those who received 
these untrue seeds when 
they order seeds this sea¬ 
son, if they let me know of the error. 
The Browallias are easily-grown 
and continuous-blooming plants, 
the flowers rich in color and very 
pretty. Browallia Elata blooms 
well in the garden in Summer and 
is sure to bloom freely in the win¬ 
dow in winter. Browallia Roezli, 
though rare, is one of the loveliest, and should 
be better known. The flowers are larger than 
those of B. Elata, and 
of an exquisite heavenly 
blue shade. It is a very 
beautiful pot plant, and 
always greatly admired. 
The little engraving 
shows a flower of this 
handsome Browallia. 
See Pages 16 and 21. 
Have you ever notic¬ 
ed how tardy volunteer 
s< eds are in germinat¬ 
ing? Seeds of Larkspur 
ripen and drop in early 
Summer, but lie dor¬ 
mant until late Autumn 
The same is true of Corn 
^O ctJL AT A^ t t t , , , , . ? Flower, Calandrinia and 
Nemophila, all of which germinate promptly if 
properly cared for. Should this not give us a 
lesson in patience in raising plants from seeds? 
Conditions surely have a lot to do with success. 
A little annual that is quite showy and is 
becoming popular in Europe is Viscaria Ocu- 
lata. It should be grown in a 
mass, not too thick, but thick 
enough to cover the bed, say 
three or four inches apart. The 
colors are rich and pleasing, and 
mostly show an eye. The new 
Dwarf varieties are preferable and 
are very attractive in a bed, the 
little bright flowers appearing in 
great profusion. See illustration. 
The seeds can be sown where 
the plants are to bloom. Sow in 
rows three inches apart and cover 
an eighth inch deep with a mix¬ 
ture of sand and rich loam, then 
make the soil firm by pressing with a brick. 
The plants will come into bloom in a few weeks. 
For more information, see pages 32 and 48. 
