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the plants to be presently named. To do anything like justice to 

 the host of easily cultivated sweet-smelling flowers would occupy the 

 Plokal World throughout, therefore it is not intended to expatiate 

 upon things abundantly grown already, and with which everybody 

 who cares for flowers at all, and has a healthy nose, cannot fail to 

 be suflicieutly impressed in the ordinary course of an every-day 

 walk in any part of the suburbs and the country where houses and 

 gardens do congregate. This much, in case anybody should think 

 we had forgotten or slighted mignonette, the frenchman's darling, 

 the host of gratefully and delightfully-smelling pinks, and carnations, 

 and picotees ; the sweetbriar and "honeysuckle ; the ever-welcome 

 stocks and wallflowers, which seem ordained for the special purpose 

 of ameliorating the not over-pure atmosphere of the dense streets of 

 this crowded city during the heats of early summer ; and so on and 

 on from roses to rosemary. 



My object is to spread a knowledge of agreeably-scented plants 

 not now sufiiciently grown or known, though in most cases as cheap 

 as what Mr. Hosea Biglow calls " onbleached sheetin." I do not 

 think there are any plants in the United Kingdom better suited for 

 our wants in this way than some of the evening primrose tribe — the 

 ffinotheras/and particularly CE. Lamarkiana,'which is a really noble 

 plant, that will throughout the season furnish quantities of its large 

 and handsome yellow flowers, opening in the moist and cool evening 

 sweet as the breath of heaven, so far as we know anything about 

 that vapour. There are several other varieties near this, nearly or 

 quite equally valuable, and all probably strong-growing varieties, or 

 sub-species, of the common evening primrose, (E. biennis, an old 

 and fragrant favourite, which would be almost sure to perpetuate 

 itself ad Jib. if a few seeds or plants were put in some out-of-the- 

 way place near the garden, if room could not be found in it. I 

 am a great advocate for this " out-of-the-way place " and semi-wild 

 business, believing that scores of good and delightful plants 

 may be enjoyed thereby, which, for some cause or other must be 

 denied room in many gardens. With it may be named CE. odorata. 

 These are all among tlie cheapest of the cheap. In case of making 

 a special feature of sweet-scented flowers, it might be well to plant 

 with these sweet evening primroses, some that are of surpassing 

 beauty of flower, though nearly devoid of scent, as, from opening 

 in the evening with those beforenamed, they would be very beautiful, 

 and compensate, to some extent, for the want of showy flowers 

 exhibited by many plants of a fragrant character — the mignonette 

 and high-smelling stock to wit. 



It is now nearly eight months ago since I stood in the midst of 

 many score acres of flowers in full bloom in a seed-farm, admiring 

 many annual and biennial flowers, but particularly delighted with a 

 fine annual, having flowers as large as if it had no scent, nor any 

 business to, or anything but flaunt colour about in the breeze, like 

 a big dahlia or sunflower, and as sw^eet as the Indian daphne or 

 the spurge laurel, which appears to have forgotten everything in the 

 way of colour and form in its endeavours to provide for the emission 

 of a delicious aroma on a moist early summer evening, and thereby 



