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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[^October, 



better next Spring, when sown at tliis season of 

 the year. A warm, rii-li border should be chosen, 

 and the seed put in at once. Early in Spring 

 they must be transplanted to the desired position 

 in the flower bed. 



Many i)ersons complain that tlioy cannot get 

 the Pansy to produce flowers as handsome as 

 they see them represented in seed men's plates; 

 but it is because they are not sown early enough. 

 If not already done, sow them at once, — if they 

 can have the protection of a cold frame all the 

 better. These cold frames are very useful in 

 small flower gardens. There are many little 

 things pretty hardy, but which are much better 

 with this protection. Many peoj)le have much 

 difficulty in keeping over choice kinds of roses, 

 such as Teas, Chinas and Bourbons. But if 

 these are lifted from the ground early in October 

 and set thickly in a cold frame, they can 

 generally be kept very well. It is not so much 

 the degree of frost which injures them, as it \» 

 the drying influence of the frost; and the frame 

 aids in the prevention of evaporation. We know 

 of a rose-grower who keeps the tenderest of roses 

 in pots in a house without any fire, though the 

 temperature outside goes beloiv zero, and the 

 roses are frozen solid most of the Winter. But 

 he waters as regularly as through the Summer, 

 as the frost dries so. He finds even the tenderest 

 to get through the Winter in this house as well 

 as if there were no frost. 



Summer flower bulbs must be taken up at 

 once for Winter protection. A cellar, secure 

 from frost, is the best place. Here Caladiums, 

 Tuberoses, Gladiolus, Tritomas, Dahlias, Tigri- 

 dias and similar things, which do not like frost, 

 may be preserved. The Pampas grass may also 

 be kept in a cellar, if fitted into a tub or large 

 pot, and not kept too warm or wet. Usually 

 they will keep out of doors if dry leaves be put 

 thickly over them, and a box put over to keep 

 ihe leaves dry; but many were lost in this way 

 last Winter. 



We cannot have the English Ivy to any great 

 extent in the Northern States, but the Japan 

 creeping Euonymus is a good substitute. It 

 creeps over walls, trees and fences just as ivy 

 does, and seems hardy very far north. We give 

 an illustrati'.'n of it in Science Department of 

 this number. The kind in culture is chiefly 

 variegated with white; hut for those who prefer 

 the full green, it very often kindly throws out 

 the original green-leaved condition. 



^ CO MMUNICA TIONS. 



NEW TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 



MY DA.VIKI- HAUKKK, .NORFOLK, VA. 



This new and beautiful race of Begonias is 

 destined to occupy a very prominent place in 

 ornamental gardening (by what we may judge 

 of the plants set out in some of our city 

 gardens) as much so as theZonale (Jeraniums at 

 the present day. We find some of them eminently 

 adapted for planting out in a partially shaded 

 place, and for the decoration of the greenhouse, 

 conservatory or parlor windows, as when cultiva- 

 ted in pots they make .superb specimens, it 

 being not unusual to have single plants from two 

 to three feet through and three feet high covered 

 with blossoms, which they produce in extrava- 

 gant profusion throughout the Summer and 

 Autumn months. 



The following new and beautiful varieties, 

 with their profuse flowering quality and magni- 

 ficent foliage, are selected from a large collection 

 raised at our establishment this season : 



The Bride. — A magnificent variety, flowers 

 opening a pure white, foliage a dark velvety 

 green, very efTectual. 



No. 2. Large flowers of a beautiful bright 

 canary-yellow foliage, finely variegated, a charm- 

 ing variety. 



No. 3. Foliage beautifully mottled with dark 

 green, producing flowers of a rich salmon tint, 

 which are produced in extravagant profusion, a 

 beautiful v.iriety. 



No. 4. A supt'rl) variety, producing, in the 

 greatest profusion, flowers of a rich deep ma- 

 genta, extremely showy. 



No. 5. Intfinse orange-scarlet flowers, very 

 elegant and distinct. 



No. G. A very attractive variety, flowers large, 

 of a beautiful rosy salmon which are produced 

 in the greatest profusion, a charming variety. 



A NEW LATE FLOWERING MAGNOLIA. 



BY SAMUEL PARSONS, FLUSHING, N. Y. 



In the Gardener's Monthly for July, an interest- 

 ing notice was given of Magnolia Halleana and 

 Thurberi, comparatively new varieties that were 

 brought from Japan fifteen years since by Dr. 

 Hall, propagated by Parsons & Co., and thus 

 inherited by the present firms of kindred names. 

 The hardiness of these Magnolias is unquestion- 



