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Excerpt from J. M. Thorburn and Co's Descriptive Catalogue of Flower Seeds, 1862: With Practical Directions for Their Culture and Treatment
Hardy Annuals will succeed well in a border of natural earth, if sown the first week in May, but they will flower a month earlier if assisted by glass. If some of the Hardy Annuals be sown in September, they will become strong enough to survive the Winter, if protected with a slight covering of straw or litter, and when transplanted in Spring will flower earlier and stronger. The best method to obtain an early bloom of the Tender Annuals (ta) and to en sure strength to the plants, is to sow the seeds in pots early in March, placing them in a warm green-house window, or plunging them into a moderate hot-bed, carefully protecting them from the cold, shading them from the midday sun, and watering them with a finely pierced watering can. The seed should be sown in very light, sandy compost, and the pots well drained by placing broken earthenware and rough sods in the bottom; the finer seeds must not be planted more than an eighth of an inch deep, and the soil must be pressed down closely over them. Water frequently, particularly if the house or frame is very warm. As soon as the seed leaf is fully developed, trans plant into small pots, three or four in each, and when they have acquired sufficient strength, transplant into the flower beds; not, however, before the middle of May. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
