To obtain strong plants for flowering early in the summer you must sow the seed near the end of January, or early in February. Sow in five or six inch pots, filled almost level with the rim with a mixture consisting of peat and sand, the former broken up as fine as possible. Drainage should be provided for filling the pots to about one-third of their depth with medium-sized crocks. Place the pots in any of the structures in which a temperature of 650 or 700 is maintained and keep the soil in a moderately moist state. When of a suitable size and before they become overcrowded prick off into other pots or into frames, which should be filled in much the same manner as the seed pots, and place in a warm and close position. - Gardeners Magazine.