==Geranium==.—­A sowing in August will supply plants for flowering next summer, and the directions given in February are suitable, save that heat can now be dispensed with.  These late seedlings will need more care to carry them through the winter than plants raised earlier in the year.

==Gerbera==.—­These charming flowers make admirable subjects for the greenhouse and conservatory, and an excellent display may also be obtained outdoors if a sunny well-drained part of the garden be selected for the plants.  August is the best month for sowing seed.  Plants required for indoor blooming should be potted on as may become necessary.  Those for the open ground must be thoroughly hardened off for planting out in the early summer of the succeeding year.

==Hyacinths, Italian and Roman==.—­Obtain the bulbs as early as possible, and pot them promptly.  Place them in any spare corner of the open ground, where they can be covered with cocoa-nut fibre or leaf-mould until the roots are formed.  A child can grow these flowers; and they should be largely employed for bouquets and for indoor decoration during the dark winter days.

==Mignonette==.—­For winter flowering sow in 48-or 32-sized pots, filled with light rich soil.  Put the seed in little groups, thin to three or five plants in each pot, and give them the benefit of full daylight close to the glass.  When flowering commences do not allow seed to form.  If the spikes which have passed the heyday of perfection are cut off, the plants will break again and flower a second time.

==Narcissi==.—­The first potting of early varieties is made this month as soon as the bulbs can be obtained.

==Pelargonium==.—­The remarks under Geranium apply to this flower also.

==Picotee==.—­Follow the instructions given for Carnation.

==Schizanthus==.—­To do full justice to this flower seed should be sown now for plants to be kept through the winter in any house which is sufficiently warm to exclude frost.

==Scilla praecox, or sibirica==.—­The treatment which suits Roman Hyacinths will answer for this bulb also, when required for flowering indoors.  The two form an admirable harmony in blue and white.

==Silene==.—­All the most useful varieties of Catchfly are hardy against cold, but not entirely so against damp.  They possess a special value for their sparkling appearance in spring.  Sow in light sandy soil, in which they will pass the winter safely.  On a heavy loam the transplanting system must be resorted to in February or March.

==Stock, Intermediate==.—­This section is valuable for indoor decoration in spring.  No artificial heat is necessary to raise the seed; in fact, it is not wise to employ it.  Either in this month or early in September sow the required number of pots and plunge them in ashes in a frame until March.  Thin the seedlings to three in each pot.  Before flowering, a rich top-dressing will be beneficial; and manure water—­weak at first, but stronger by degrees—­will intensify the colours.