HOW TO GROW HOLLYHOCKS FROM SEED.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7, 14 August 1912, Page 39

HOW TO GROW HOLLYHOCKS FROM SEED.

Both the double and single-flowered hollyhocks may be raised from seeds, and grown as easily as sweet peas, while the amateur need have no anxiety about his seedlings being attacked by the fungus, which? unfortunately, destroys

manure. The seed-pans should be placid on a mild hotbed. Transplanting the Seedlings. This should be done while they are quite small in a richer compost in puis or boxes. The lower portion of the compost should have some well-rotted manure freely nidxed with it, the top portion being free from manure. The seedlings will then commence to grow, and the roots, coming into contact with the richer soil, will strengthen and a corresponding growth of stem and leaves will result. A warm frame or greenhouse is still the best place for the seedlings, but the next shift should be to a cool frame. First place a layer of well-rotted manure two inches deep in the frame, then a rich compost seven inches deep on the manure, putting out the young plants nine inches apart, a<s their leaves will soon become very large. Give water with care, and after the hollyhocks have become established, ventilate freely; and, finally, as the warmer weather comes, remove the lights altogether. The Final Planting. The border, in which the hollyhocks are to be finally grown, should be very deeply dug and well enriched with manure, the latter being thoroughly mixed with the soil. Put out the young plants very carefully: you should lift them from the frame bed by inserting a spade or garden fork under them, and co retain all the soil possible to each plant.