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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
advert particularly to those kinds which require to be sown in 
the autumn. 
There are many who delight in a garden, and, from a desire 
to see it well filled with flowering plants, save all the seed it 
produces, and annually purchase more, but too frequently re¬ 
serve it all till the spring before any is trusted to the earth ; 
when, if the weather happens to be unfavourable, the season 
backward, or any little accident occurs to prevent an early 
sowing, the summer is half wasted before a flower is produced : 
the exclamation, “How vexing!” frequently escapes, — but 
there the matter rests. Now all this may be entirely avoided 
by autumnal sowing: nor is the operation confined to a few 
kinds; as many, or indeed most, of the hardy annuals grow 
stronger, and produce a more abundant and beautiful bloom, 
when sown before the winter, than those which are kept till 
February or March. But as general remarks or directions are 
sometimes misunderstood, I subjoin a list of such as will cer¬ 
tainly succeed under this treatment. 
There is nothing particular or different from the ordinary 
mode of sowing seed to be observed, only that the ground where 
they are to be placed should be previously dug or otherwise 
prepared, to avoid the necessity of disturbing the plants after 
their appearance above ground; for, though they will bear 
with impunity all the severity of the winter, if left unmolested, 
yet to be transplanted or disturbed in any way is fatal to them. 
Any time from the end of the present month till the beginning 
of October may be chosen for sowing. My practice is, as the 
early flowers are cleared off to sow others in their places; ob¬ 
serving to label each sort, that it may be found when digging 
the beds for winter. 
Another purpose to which autumn-sown annuals are well 
suited is for ornamenting the greenhouse or sitting-rooms 
through the winter, and early spring months: for this, such 
kinds as Nemoplnla, Collinsia, Mignonette, are usually selected; 
they require to be sown early in this month in the open border, 
and afterwards potted and kept in a cold frame, or sheltered 
situation, till it is necessary to take them into the house: the 
only after-point of consequence is to allow them plenty of air, 
and a situation near the glass, to prevent their becoming drawn. 
Thus, with comparatively little trouble, a beautiful assortment of 
