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For summer use sow the round-seeded kinds at intervals oftwo or three weeks from February to the end of July in rows 1 ft. apart, cover with the finest of soil, and thin out to a distance of 3 or 4 in...
From August to October this hardy perennialproduces tubular crimson and yellow flowers. It finds a congenial home in damp peat, shaded from the sun, and may be propagated by cuttings in loam and peat...
An elegant hardy annual. Sow the seed early inspring on a gentle hotbed in loam and peat, harden off, and transplant at the end of May to a soil composed of loam and leaf-mould, if peat cannot be obta...
May be grown in any moist situation in sandy soil.It is of little value.
Of wild, graceful, luxuriant and slendergrowth. Fine for covering walls and fences, festooning arches, etc. Plant at the beginning of October in an eastern aspect or at the base of a north wall, the s...
A hardy evergreen shrub which willgrow in any soil, and is propagated by seeds. It flowers in August. Height, 6 ft.
An exceedingly handsome and attractivegreenhouse evergreen shrub, thriving best in loam and peat. Cuttings may be struck in sand under glass. May is its flowering season. Height, 10 ft.