are very desirable for flower gardens, on account of the 
brilliant scarlet of their flowers; and where there is no 
greenhouse, the plants should be raised from seeds sown 
on a hot bed in February, or struck from cuttings early 
in Spring, and brought forward in a frame or pit, and 
turned out in the open air in March. 
ACHANIA MALVAVISCUS. 
A. NATIVE of South America, Mexico and the West 
== Indies. It is not hardy in this latitude, but in 
Florida it grows to very large size, and when in bloom is 
most ornamental. The fiowers resemble that of the 
Abutilon, but are not as large, although produced more 
freely. It is remarkable for the beauty of its scarlet 
flowers, and its green heart-shaped, sharply pointed 
leaves. It is easily propagated from cuttings, and is 
suited to either the greenhouse in Winter or the flower 
garden in Summer. 
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ANTIRHINUM. 
*®HIS is commonly known as Snapdragon, and are 
= natives of the middle and south of Europe, and of 
which one species, Majus, the common Snapdragon, is in 
every garden. All the species of Snapdragon grow in 
any soil that is tolerably dry, and they are readily in- 
creased by cuttings; for though they produce abundance 
of seeds, yet the varieties can only be perpetuated with 
certainty by the former mode of propagation. The beau- 
tiful Carnation-like variety will, indeed, very seldom 
produce striped flowers two years in succession from the 
same root; and thus a person who bas purchased a plant 
with beautifully striped flowers will generally have the 
