LAWN TREES. 



nrrt>\v('rs of tlieso pompoiies wns very active, and attracted umisual attention. In 

 lookine; over the reports, we find that, with a few others, the varieties we liave named 

 were the most successful. 



Tlie chrysanthemum is a flower of the easiest cultivation. Whether in the open 

 ground or in pots, every person who desires, may bring it to fi very satisfactory state 

 of perfection. Cuttings root in a sandy soil in a couple of weeks, where there is 

 a temperature of G0° or TO". If struck in March, and potted in small pint pots, 

 they will be ready to turn into the border in May. The soil should be dry, deep and 

 rich. Proper attention must be given them during the season, in the way of pincliing, 

 to make them bushy ; and watering in a dry time. The plants must not be crowded 

 together, but have plenty of space to admit air and light freely around them. In 

 localities where October and part of November passes without a heavy frost, they will 

 make a fine show. 



l*ot-culture consists in making a succession of shifts from smaller to larger pots, as 

 they become filled with roots ; in pinching at proper intervals, to regulate the form ; 

 (the pompones are not so difficult to keep in good shape as the old sorts ;) in watering 

 abundantly and regularly ; and in keeping them well exposed to the sun and air. 

 The usual practice is to plunge them in a dry border after the first shift; take them 

 up and re-pot in June and July ; plunge again in the border and let them remain till 

 about the first of October, when the blossom buds will be well set. They are then 

 moved to the stage in the green-house or window, light and air freely admitted to 

 them, and a regular and abundant supply of water given. With this attention they 

 will aflord a fine display of flowers till Christmas or later. Either in open ground 

 or pot-culture, frequent renewal of the plants is necessary. Young plants are much 

 better than old ones, and therefore a stock should be propagated annually either by 

 division of the roots or by cuttings. We ought to add that some of the pompones 

 bloom earlier than the large sorts, and are equally as hardy. 



LAW^N TREES. 



Among the multitude of trees which are suitable for the embellishment of lawns, the 

 Magnolias are justly entitled to the highest rank. In Europe, whether we look in 

 the little plot of the cottage or the broad parks and pleasure grounds of the nobility, 

 we find them among tlie rarest, most costly, and most cherished ornaments. Even 

 where the climate will not allow their culture on the lawn, they are still indispensable, 

 and are grown under glass, as we grow camellias. Fortunately the finest of them are 

 natives of our own soil, and several species and varieties, making in all a handsome 

 collection, are so hardy as to flourish in almost every part of the United States. The 

 nurseries of this country, and especially those of Flushing, have for many years 

 propagated and sold vast numbers of the more hardy species, and yet the specimens 

 that we find around the country are few and far between. One great reason is they 



