Vegetable Marrow—Sow in pots during March or April, and place in a cucumber frame or on a hotbed, and cover with a hand-glass Harden off, and plant out about the third week in May in ground previously prepared with a heavy dressing of good stable or farmyard manure, protecting the plants at night for the first week or so with a handglass or large flower-pot Do not allow the roots to feel the want of water, and keep a sharp look-out for slugs Seed may also be sown in May in the open The best way of proceeding in this case is to dig a pit 2 ft deep and the same in width, fill it with fermenting manure, and put 1 ft of light mould on top Let it remain for a week so that the soil may get warm, then sow the seed, and cover it with a hand-glass Train the shoots so that they may have plenty of room, and pinch off the tops when the plant has attained its desired length.

Pimpernel—See "Anagallis".

Lobels Catchfly—See "Silene".

Abutilon—Evergreen greenhouse shrubs of great beauty and easy cultivation May be raised from seed, or by cuttings of young shoots placed in spring or summer in sand under glass, or with a bottom heat Cut the old plants back in January, and when new shoots appear re-pot the plants Height, 5 ft to 8 ft.


Allium Descendens—A hardy, bulbous perennial Plant in October or November in any garden soil, and the flowers will be borne in July Height, 1 ft.

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