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situation where it can receive ft pure air. The 



Hepatica should be planted in clumps of at least a 



dozen plants each, about six inches apart, and 



these should never be taken up or transplanted, 



except to form fresh clumps, as they frequently die 



after being removed, and never flower well until 



about the third year after they are planted. The 



double varieties are increased by parting the roots 



when in blossom, which is contrary to the general 



mode of planting flowers ; March is therefore the 



best time for forming clumps of these plants, 



which, like their relatives, seem to delight in the 



wind . 



And coy Anemone, that ne'er uncloses 



Her lips until they're blown on by the wind. 



H. Smith's Amarynthus. 



We have found these flowers to have the most 

 agreeable effect when "the different varieties have 

 been kept in distinct clumps ; the Single Blue He- 

 patica being divided by other early flowers from 

 the red or white varieties ; and as the Double 

 Hepaticas blossom about a fortnight later, they 

 should never be mixed with the single sorts, but 

 in some situations they may form a mass, inter- 

 mingled with the Yellow Hellebore and the White 

 Snowdrop, giving the shrubbery the appearance of 

 being 



fringed in Nature's native taste, 



The hillocks dropt in Nature's careless haste. 



Burxs. 

 VOL. I. C 



