. Australian Garden and Field. 19? convenient si/Je until tlie of the i>(>ii rests on the eiUth, if then the earth in the jiot is an inch below the rim the seed is jirettv safe, and ean be left to complete rii>enin}v, and as soon as this is the case the seed ean be sown, a little earth sprinkled over the pot, and the pot then put aside in a quiet corner of the bush- house to the left until the seed starts to grow. The earth in the pot should never be allowed to gst dust dry, nor should it be over- watered. Generallv the seed will not start to grow till the follow- ing spring, b
. Australian Garden and Field. 19? convenient si/Je until tlie of the i>(>ii rests on the eiUth, if then the earth in the jiot is an inch below the rim the seed is jirettv safe, and ean be left to complete rii>enin}v, and as soon as this is the case the seed ean be sown, a little earth sprinkled over the pot, and the pot then put aside in a quiet corner of the bush- house to the left until the seed starts to grow. The earth in the pot should never be allowed to gst dust dry, nor should it be over- watered. Generallv the seed will not start to grow till the follow- ing spring, but with Polyanthus (erroneously generally called jon- quils in this land of misnomers), the seed will sometimes start in a montli or six weeks' time, and these are best pricked out in boxes an inch and a half apart and grown right on. Treated thus they will not lose thei'r foliage. — Specimen Trees. — To ensure success the groimd where the tree is to be planted must be well prepared to a fair depth, and if the underlying soil is a stiff clay, it should be well* broken up to ensure free drainage after rainfall. It is a good plan, if the subsoil is of a cold, raw character, to remove some of it and shovel in the adjoining mellow surface soil. The voung roots will thus find themselves in a suitable environment, provided drainage is secured, and the danger of the hole filling with water and re- maining in a stagnant condition guarded against. Nothing could be more detrimental to the young roots than simply making pockets -in the ground where, after each rainfall, the atmosphere woidd be exchidiad, and the subterranean por- tion of the tree asphyxiated through standing water. The-hole to receive the tree should be of ample size, so a§ to admit of the roots being normallv spread out, and when filled in again the soil should l)e lirniK pressed down with the foot, so as to give rigidity to the tree and i-nsure the close con- tact of the roots with the soil. .\ proper guard must be
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