Twentieth century home cook book

Celosia. (Cockscomb). — Start early in hot-beds or window-boxes, and transplant into small pots, to remain until the flowei's begin to appear, then set out in warm garden soil fifteen inches apart. Clarkia. — Sow in March, under glass, and again later in the open air; they flourish in any soil free from wet; thin to a foot apart. Convolvulus. (Mornings Glort). — There are dwarf and also running species, all of them handsome ; they may be sown in the open air at corn-planting time, or earlier in a cold frame and transplanted. Dianthus. (Pinks).— Among the most elegant of plants are carnation, clove pink, China pink and sweet William ; sow in hot-bed ; transplant dwarf varieties six inches apart; tall, twelve inches apart; if not kept too warm they ai-e good house plants. Delphinum. (Larkspur). — These have finely cut leaves and beautiful flowers of scarlet, pink, purple, blue and white; double white is fine for bouquets; sow in the autumn or in the spring. Eschscholtzia. — Showy flowers of yellow and cream white; will not bear transplanting; thin out to eight inches apart. Gaillaedia. — If sown early under glass the bloom can be kept up the whole summer; the seed germinates slowly; do not transplant until all danger of frost is past. Gilia. — Low growing, profuse in bloom ; the best effect is produced by them in masses, or in borders on rock-work ; the flowers are nice for bouquets; so'sV in fall and cover lightly during winter ; thin to six inches apart. Lobelia. — Very pretty for baskets or vases; sow seed in hot-bed or frame; dwarf varieties are useful for borders or pots ; transplant six inches apart. Lupin. — Hardy and easy to grow ; sow the seed in the open ground where wanted to bloom; they can not be transplanted. Marigold. — The varieties all are showy, and produce fine effects in masses; hardy, and continue in bloom the whole season; sow seed in frame or hot-bed; transplant two feet apart; dwarf varieties, twelve inches apart. Mesembryanthemum. — Pretty plants of dwarf habit, fine foliage, suitable for basket or pot culture on the border ; sow seed under glass; transplant eight inches apart. Mignonette,- -Delightful for its fragrance ; sow under glass arid transplant in the open air eight inches apart; sow in the open ground in May for succession or late bloom. MiRABiLis. (Marvel of Peru). — Foliage and flowers are beautiful. For early flowering, sow in hot-bed or box, or may be sown where wanted to bloom; thin out two feet apart. Nasturtium. — Dwarf and running varieties; the latter used for hanging-baskets in winter. Dwarfs, pretty, low-growing, profuse flowering plants. The green seeds, like martynia pods, are valuable for pickling.. Sow in hot-bed and transplant in open air, eight inches apart. Nemophila. (Baby's Eyes). — Loveliest of blue-eyed flowers. They are low, hardy annuals. Sow in frames, transplant six inches apart; thrive best in cool, shady places. Seed sown in the fall will succeed well. Pansy. (Viola Tri-color). — Nothing prettier; bloom the first season, in June, if sown early in hot-bed and transplanted. Requires protection during the winter if in open-air beds. Petunia. — Indispensable, and elegant in masses; fine in the window garden. The seed may be sown in hot-bed or cold frame; transplant eighteen inches apart; the plants do not always come true from seed ; they are of every shade of color, and bloom from early spring until frost. ' ' Phlox, Drummond's. (Annual). — Among the most beautiful of garden flowers, and of infinite variety of colors. The seeds for early flowering should be sown in the hot-bed or the cold-frame, and transplanted one foot apart, as too close planting produces mildew. Or plant out doors where wished to grow. The pretty moss pink is one of the perennial phloxes. PoRTULACA. One of the most brilliant of sun-loving flowers; low-growing,