IMPATIENS

Sultan's Balsam. Tender perennial



Early sowing should be avoided for two reasons. The seed germinates but

slowly in dull weather, and the seedlings when raised are almost certain

to damp off. We do not advise a start before March, and not until April

unless a steady heat of 60 deg. or 65 deg. can be maintained. Sow in

well-drained pots, filled with soil composed of two parts of turfy loam

and one part of leaf-soil, with very little sand added. The seedlings

are exceedingly brittle at the outset, and re-potting should not be

attempted until they are about an inch high. Even then they need

delicate handling, and after the task is accomplished they should be

promptly placed in a warm frame or propagating pit for a few days. In

June or July the plants should reach 48-sized pots, but they must not be

transferred to the conservatory without careful hardening, or the whole

of the flowers will fall. I. Holstii also succeeds well when bedded

out in summer in the same manner as Begonias.





JACOBEA--see SENECIO