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mp, partly shaded location. It grows from 6 to 18 inches high, according to the different kinds, which blossom most of the summer. The seeds of biennials seldom produce f

ground, and keep moist and well cultivated until the middle of September, when you should move them again to their permanent home. Foxgloves, like forget-me-nots, sow themselves, an

nuals), can both be started in the seed nursery in August, thinned out and protected before

But before the frost comes, protect these tender little plants with some old berry boxes, then straw or leaves over the top, and in the spring work a small quantity of fertilizer around the roots. Tie the stalks as they begin to get tall, to stout stakes, to prevent their being blown over by storms:

o stand the winter if slightly covered, and will flower profusely the second

owers every season thereafter. And as they sow themselves, people often mistake them for perennials

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at pleasure. And really it is worth while to curb one's impatience, and wait, whe

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