E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower &; kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 pULTIVATOK'S MUIȣ. ( 4 I covering of leaves or coarse manure, and the succeeding year they will blossom in great profusion. SPECIAL DIRECTIONS TO AMATEUR CULTIVATORS. In addition to the preceding remarks, which are given as the results of our own practice for many years, and which, we think, are adequate for all general pui-poses. the following special directions are added for tlie guidance of aiuateurs in the treatment of manv of t
E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower &; kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 pULTIVATOK'S MUIȣ. ( 4 I covering of leaves or coarse manure, and the succeeding year they will blossom in great profusion. SPECIAL DIRECTIONS TO AMATEUR CULTIVATORS. In addition to the preceding remarks, which are given as the results of our own practice for many years, and which, we think, are adequate for all general pui-poses. the following special directions are added for tlie guidance of aiuateurs in the treatment of manv of the more choice and new flowers enumerated in our Catalogue. If carefully followed, it is hoped they will remove ail causes of failure in the attempt to cultivate manv of the most beautiful plants. Zinnias may be treated precisely like the Aster. The double varieties, in eight distinct colors, are superb ornaments of the'garden. Epacrises, Heaths, Azaleas, and Rhododendrons should be planted in boxes or pans, well drained, and tilled with light, very sandy loam, with a small quantitv of peat. Make the earth tirm, and give a thorough watering before sowing. Cover the surface with a little sand, upon which the seed should be tiiinly scattered, covering with the least possible quantity of fine sand. Place the pans or boxes ni the greenhouse, where thev can be wholly shaded from the mid-day sun, and lightly damp the surface when dr}-. The young plants will make their appearance in three or four weeks; and, when strong enough to handle easily, transplant into boxes an inch or two apart, and graduallv harden them off, so as to remove to fi-ames or the open air. Calceolarias, Cinerarias, and Chinese Primrose require similar treatment. The seeds of the former are so minute, that they are liable to be destroyed by covering; and complaints are frequent of the failure to make the seed grow. If the following directions are carefully observed, an abundance of plants may be easily raised:
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