The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-16
Hov to Raise Early Flowers From
Seeds.

The season Is approaching when every
one Interested in gardens feels the desire
to begin operations. The weather i9l
the next thirty DAYS viii allow niue
10 be done out Of doors In this Latitude,
hut much may be done IN doors,
both in flowers and vegetables, cheapl9
and simply, BIZ sowing seeds. No hortl-
cultural occupation Is more interesting /
than that of sowing seeds to produce
plants for resetting in the open grouho /
irhen The season j. warm enough.
All the leading kinds Of flower seeds
can he boppht for FIVE dollars. 4 writer
| IN the Evening Post, who evidently has
! ! practical knowledge on the subject
1 gives the following directions: The best
way of sowing seed j. not IN hover pos,
| a. Is too often done; these are too porous
and dry too quickly, particularly IN lac
/ atmosphere of a sitting room, Wneie the
air is necessarily much drier than IN .ne
greenhouse or hot-bed. Our best HoIisls
no longer SOW seeds in earthernware, put
use shallow boxes insteads CoiIl
soap boxes, cut into three or four piece
making a depth Of not more tnan one -
too inches Tor the soil mo winch t ~
leeds are to be sown, are convenient "
course any size Of box Will 90, put Il
3 shorld not be OF greater depth tnah tno
inches, or the wise the SOIL VIII gel ~
i. wet. and become sour. Care must "
taken that the bottom 81 the box Is iel1
omen sufficiently to allow the water escape :
when given in excess. Almost any 5000
1il viii suit which, for convenience,
had better be procured from florist.
After placing the soil in the boxes
make the surface perfectly level and
smooth. then sow the seed evenly oEe'
S II mess it into the so !, aud cover l.
The rule is that all seeds should have q
: covering Of sca equal to the size OF the
seed. -
When covered, water gently with
fine rose watering pot this one watering
usually be sufficient until the seeds coInt
7 m; in any case, the soil should not b'
: again watered until, by It's light color
Il shows indication of being dry. Al
d though seeds will gefminate in the dark
r the moment that they break the surfac'
/ of the soil they should be placed IN tn
|. lightest possible place. =,
9 The temperature best suited 10 TN
qermination of nearly all seeds Is aboa
= 60 at night with 20 during the day
After the seeds have started to max
the rough leaves they should be replante'
s from the seed boxes into similar boxe
e at distances from an inch to an inch an
a half apart, where they can remain I
i be set out in the open ground, from u
y middle to the end Of May.
D., It is very important to get the pro- c
Is kinds of flower seeds, because there al
hundreds of varieties offered Ia tn
d seedman's list that it would be uscle'
d for the amateur to attempt to cuiuYat
e For want of discrimination in selection
much disappointment eusues. The klne
! recommended to give the most gener'
,e | satisfaction are asters in variety, baIsaE
~ leamellia aowere J, candy tuftin yariet.
- cocks combs crysanthehum color colel
:, cony olvulu's, cypress vine, mallgold &c
al aniums, tg0ld-striped), mlghonnett
= pyramidal and spiral, pansy IN '4riet
10 Phiox drum mondii, petunia, single ~
o. double, stocks, verbenas, and Emma. :.
n Another plan, very satisfactory, vii
n annette. gardeners raising flowers, Is
Il purchase very small plInts from Il
florist about the first week in ApI
which a that season can be had at abol
nc one hird the price they are sold for
r Nav. These plants are shifted into pc
II A size larger, ard can be kept IN i
sitting room where there is plenty
{ light. BY the time of planting out
Sc MAY they will have grown to be lar,
and fine plants. They will require b
4 little care. The kinds of plants be
as shifted for summe Towering that can
m safely q own in the sitting room, are
Nv ronias, chrysanthemums, carnations, g
sniums of all kinds, fuchsias, heilCtroI
be and monthly roses. There are mai
L. others, of course, but these are the 81
40 plest and such as will be more satlsfa
r. tory.
< tea rose that bids fair to be trei
IRE is the 'Mme. Ched Gunniroisseau
st a monthly of magnificent yellow ii
ld something like the"Isabella Sprunt' on
Is r,.1ab finer