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with bright rose ; Mrs. M'Bonald, white, veined and splashed with 

 rose ; Nonpareil, white, striped with rosy crimson ; Striped Unique, 

 white, striped with rosy crimson ; Pretty Polly, white, marbled 

 with pure yellow ; The Bride, orange, striped with red ; Yellow 

 ■Gem, bright yellow. 



The following collection of dwarf-growing varieties, sent out 

 last year by Messrs. Henderson, are very desirable. The names 

 and colours are as follows : — Brunei, French white, flaked lilac ; 

 Coronation, white, yellow, and rose ; Crown Jewel, crimson, scarlet, 

 yellow ; Elegantissima, pure white, with creamy centre ; EJfrida, 

 white and canary yellow ; Fire King, scarlet, white and yellow ; 

 Gertrude, rose, buff, and yellow; Golden Drop, yellow, lemon, and 

 rosy scarlet ; Josephine, lilac, yellow, and purple ; Mirabile, white and 

 rose ; Ne plus ultra, golden yellow ; Queen of Beauties, scarlet, 

 purple, and orange. 



The cultivation of Antirrhinums and Pentstemons differs so very 

 little that one set of directions will do for both. The former are 

 the hardiest, and reproduce themselves more faithfully from seed, 

 and that mode of raising a stock can be heartily recommended to 

 those who have an opportunity of procuring seed from a first-rate 

 collection. In very severe winters Antirrhinums grown in un- 

 favourable situations will probably suffer, but the remarks upon 

 wintering a stock in frames must be supposed to apply wholly to 

 the Pentstemons, glass being in small gardens too valuable to admit 

 of its being devoted to the protection of Antirrhinums. 



In propagating a stock, those who prefer raising seedliugs must 

 commence at once, for the seed should be sown early in autumn, and 

 then good strong plants can be had for blooming early the following 

 ■summer. Seed sown as late as the middle of September in pans, 

 •and placed in a cold frame, or under a hand-glass, will produce good 

 plants if pricked oft' into a bed in a rather dry and sheltered corner, 

 and then planted out into their permanent quarters early in the 

 spring. Sow in pans filled with light sandy soil, and place under 

 shelter until the plants are nicely up, when they can be taken out of 

 doors, and a few days afterwards pricked out about three inches 

 apart, in a bed which has been prepared by deep digging, and if the 

 soil is heavy, by mixing some light sandy stuff to enable them to 

 root quickly. Toward the end of the following February, or any 

 time in March, plant out in a bed of good soil, or in clumps of two 

 or three together, along the second row of the herbaceous border. 

 The plants should be not less than a foot apart, whether in beds or 

 clumps, so as to give them sufficient room to develop themselves, 

 but a space of eighteen inches will be preferable. 



The cuttings can be struck during this and next month, or early in 

 the spring ; but the present season is preferable, because they can be 

 struck without the assistance of artificial heat, and the plants come 

 into bloom much earlier in the season. When the cuttings are 

 struck, they can be kept in a cold frame through the winter, or 

 treated exactly the same as the seedlings. As the young plants are 

 rather tender, and consequently susceptible to injurious influences, 

 damp being one of their greatest enemies, it ds well to give them 



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