Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by Henry T. Williams, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
By Henry T. Williams, 
NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1875, 
Price 12 Cents, 
BEGONIAS. 
Some lady inquired “ what shall I do to prevent 
the buds from falling off my red Begonia ? ” I tried 
a number of experiments—finally poured boiling water 
pin, after turning off the water, and planted one by 
one of those seeds on the little mound of earth, in the 
plate. Set the plate in the window, where it got the 
morning sun ; I sprinkled occasionally when needful. 
I would like to tell my experience about the seed of 
the Globe Amaranth. Last spiing I took the hulls 
off about twenty-four seeds of the Globe Amaranth, 
Villa of a German Prince.' 
In a week twenty out of twenty-four seeds were out of 
the ground half an inch; they grew splendidly until 
time for transplanting—and such a bed of Globe Ama¬ 
ranths, red and white, I never saw. Violet. 
put them in a cup of luke-vvarm water, set them upon 
a shelf back of the stove—in two days half of those 
seeds were sprouted. I then took a deep pie plate, 
filled it rounding full of good rich garden soil, took a 
on hen ’manure, and used it, sparingly. It bloomed 
profusely, and looks charmingly—attracting the at¬ 
tention of all my visitors. 
South Berwick, Me. F. G. Y. 
