NEW YORK, JUNE, 1878. 
By Henry T. Williams. 
No. 78. Price 12 Cents, 
SEEDLING PLANTS, 
I sow tlie seeds early, in a liot-bed or in a box in 
the house. When danger of frost is over, I transplant 
to a bed composed of sandy loam and earth gathered 
about old, decayed stumps, and well enriched with 
rotten manure. In a bed like this they grow 
vigorously, and seed-bearing does not seem to dimin¬ 
ish the blooms. 
which cuttings of all kinds can be readily propagated 
and soon become well-rooted plants. 
I take a box five or six inches deep, put in the bot¬ 
tom two inches of cow-manure and rich vegetable 
mold, next three inches of pure sand, and on the 
top one inch of good soil. Saturate with water and 
slick in your cuttings. Keep moist, and in a short 
Die any of the readers of The Floral Cabinet 
ever experience the pleasure to be derived from the 
cultivation of seedling flower piants? Ofttimes 
strange and gratifying surprises await us, when the 
buds expand and disclose new and unthought of 
Design for Modern Gothic Drawing Room. 
In case of a severe drought, it is well to give them 
a good sprinkling in the even'ng. 
1 preserve the glory of my beds long after the first 
heavy frosts by covering them with any old carpet, 
and removing the next morning. 
I must give the friends cf The Cabinet a plan by 
beauties. I have met with considerable success in 
raising Seedling Verbenas. My beds from early 
summer until late in autumn are one mass of bloom; 
and at the same time yield a large quantity of choice 
seeds, which the next season generally give me some 
new kinds. 
time you can multiply your stock greatly. I 
think the sand retains the moisture better by being 
covered with soil; so, if the cuttings are occasionally 
forgotten, they will not suffer. 
H. A. Earhart. 
Oakdale Gardens, Pa. 
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