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Excerpt from 1873 J. M. Thorburn and Co. 'S Descriptive Annual Catalogue of Flower Seeds, With Practical Directions for Their Culture and Treatment: Also, a Choice List of Beautiful French Hybrid Gladiolus, and Other Spring Bulbous Roots
Calceolarias. - May be treated as Annuals, and by eliminating all the inferior plants as soon as they have ?owered, a collection may be formed of original named varieties, from which valuable novelties may from time to time be selected. Sow the seed in July, in pans well drained. The seed should not be Covered, but be put under a hand-glass, or in a close shady corner of a frame. The seedling plants may be pricked out into a bed of turfy-loam, in a frame for the Winter, making no demand upon the green-house for their keeping; or they may all be potted and Win tered in the house, in which case they will begin to ?ower in May.' gera N I U ms. - Of all kinds are the most valuable, if treated as Annuals, as in their seedling state, the plants are peculiarly robust and tree-like, and charmingly fresh in leafage and ?owers, even if amongst them there does happen to be one that s specially valuable as a Florist's ?ower. When grown from good seed, however, a large proportion of fine varieties and a few real novelties may be expected. The seed may be sewn on any (1 ry throughout the year, but the two best seasons are Feb ruary and August. Sow in pans filled with a good mixture in a somewhat rough state - if the surface nodules are as large as horse beans it will be none too rough. Cover with a fair sixteenth of an inch of fine soil. Put the seed pans in a heat of 60° to 70° if sown in February, but heat will not be necessary at all unless it is desired to bring the plants into ?ower early in the ensuing Summer. We have been accustomed to sow about the loth of March, and place the seed-pans on a sunny shelf in a cool green house, and have fine plants by the end of June, many of which begin to ?ower in August.
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