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justly rank next to the rose. You can propagate them by seed, 

 layers or cuttings. The best time to layer is when the plant is in 

 full bloom. 



Pansies are great favorites, and will grow in shady nooks, where 

 no other plant will bloom. Their flowers continue from earliest 

 spring until latest autumn. They bloom first year from seed. Small 

 plants produce the finest bloom. 



Sweet violets are. to me, peculiarly beautiful, yet my success has 

 not been very encouraging with them; possibly I am over zealous, and 

 watch them too closely, they are beauteous sisters to the pansy. In 

 their rarely delicious odor, they possess a high attribute, tHeir per- 

 fume is unsurpassed by that of any other flower, they are always in 

 demand and usually easily grown, and with protection will flourish in 

 the coldest climate. 



Among bedding plants the heliotrope fills an important place, 

 giving us a plenteous bloom from June to October. They are a na- 

 tive of Peru and were introduced into England in 1757, and the 

 English cottagers called it "cherry pie," from a fancied resemblance 

 in fragrance. The older plants have the more profuse clusters of 

 bloom. It grows well in turfy loam, and is easily raised from cut- 

 tings. 



Petunias are half hardy perennials, and desirable for the small- 

 est plots of ground; both single and double varieties grow luxuri- 

 antly, and flower profusely. Pot the cuttings in June or July and 

 in good rich earth, we can have bloom all winter. 



Nasturtiums, are very desirable for both garden and house, they 

 require very little care and amply reward us with a lovely and varied 

 array of flowers. 



There g,re few prettier plants for hanging baskets than the 

 srailax. It requires rich soil made light with sand and moisture at 

 the roots, but care must be had to not over- water it; it is one of the 

 plants which the red spider love to live upon. You discover your 

 smilax drooping when these pests are about and should wash thor- 

 oughly both foliage and roots to 'destroy them, and then repot in 

 fresh, clean earth. 



The widely advertised and popular plant, "Moon-flower," has 

 not proven satisfactory, perhaps our climate is not favorable to its 

 growth, or maybe it is one of those plants that grows and blossoms 

 best in the catalogues. It is said to be similar to the common, 

 though handsome, morning-glory. 



The much-lauded " fragrant cinnamon vine " is of slow growth, 

 easily killed, and for covering a trellis or shading a sunny window, 

 cannot be compared with the substantial maderia vine. The clem- 

 atis, the honey-suckle and the passion vine are each so graceful and 

 affectionate in their habits, I wish we could preserve more of them 

 through our severe cold winters. In the South we find them in 



