grow these annuals well.  Seed should be sown in August or September, in pots or pans placed in a cool house or frame.  When the seedlings have made some progress, prick them off into the pots in which they are wanted to flower, and grow steadily on, bearing in mind always that the most important point is to keep the plants as hardy as possible by giving air at every favourable opportunity.  The following varieties are especially suitable for winter and spring flowering under glass:—­Alonsoa; The Star and Dunnettii varieties of Annual Chrysanthemum; Clarkia elegans; Dimorphotheca; Gypsophila elegans; Linaria; Nemesia Suttoni; Nicotiana, Miniature White and N. affinis; Phlox, Purity; Salpiglossis; and Swan River Daisy.

==Asters== for indoor decoration should now be lifted from beds or borders and potted.  It is worth a little trouble to accomplish the task with the least possible injury or disturbance to the roots.  Light soils should have a good soaking of water on the previous evening, to prevent the mould from crumbling away.

==Carnation.==—­Seed may still be sown as advised in April; but to carry the plants safely through the winter it is necessary to have them strong before cold weather sets in.

==Chionodoxa== can be forced with the same ease as Roman Hyacinths.  A 48-sized pot will accommodate several bulbs.

==Cinerarias== are frequently placed in the open during this month and September, and as it tends to impart a hardy constitution, the practice is to be commended.  A north border under a wall will suit them, but the proximity of a hedge should be avoided.  Before the plants are put out see that they are quite clean, or it may be necessary to restore them to the house in order to rid them of some troublesome pest.

==Clarkia.==—­The varieties of the Elegans class make very handsome pot plants, and to insure the requisite number seed must be sown in well-drained pots during this month or early in September.

==Cyclamen.==—­Where Cyclamens are extensively grown it is usual to make the first sowing in August, and many gardeners regard this as the most important period for securing healthy young seedlings.  A common mistake with beginners is to raise them in too high a temperature.  On this and other points useful suggestions will be found in the article commencing on page 256.

==Dianthus.==—­Either now or a little later transfer seedlings to flowering quarters, and if possible put them into sandy loam in a sunny spot.

==Freesia.==—­Few and simple are the conditions necessary to the well-being of this beautiful and delicately scented flower.  The fine specimens to be seen occasionally in cottagers’ windows in the Isle of Wight attest the ease with which it can be grown in a congenial atmosphere.  The bulbs are exceedingly small in proportion to the flowers, and the rootlets are so fragile that potting on is to be avoided.  A 48-sized pot will hold five or six bulbs, and the soil should consist largely of decaying vegetable fibre, such as peat, leaf-mould, and turfy loam.  The pots can be stood in any sheltered position out of doors, under a covering of cocoa-nut fibre or other light material, until the foliage begins to grow.