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effective display from August until December. The 
flowers are not at all injured by a few degrees of frost, 
and it is not an uncommon sight to see its tall spikes in 
perfect flower in December. They are readily increased 
by seed or by division of the roots, which should be done 
in early Spring. This genus was first introduced in 1707, 
though it has not been long common in our gardens in 
the South. 
MYOSOTIS. 
AEs HERE is no flower better known in the literature of 
= all countries than the Myosotis, or Forget-Me-Not. 
Everybody knows them and they are universally culti- 
vated. The sentiment which they convey has woven 
them into an endless list of songs and stories. They 
are hardy annuals and perennials, comprising some 
native species. They succeed best in moist places. The 
best: plan is to cultivate in frames like Pansies. All of 
them ere readily propagated either by divisions or by 
seed. There are several varieties of them, but the variety 
Palustris is the one most known. 
ZINNIA. 
NAMED in honor of John Godfrey Zin, a botanist, are 
=" hardy annuals, and natives of Mexico. Great im- 
provement has been made within the last ten years in 
this flower, and our own florists and seed growers have 
been foremost in this work. The finest strains of this 
flower are now to be had of the seed growers in this 
country. Some of the varieties are truly magnificent ; 
the dull, dingy colors have given place to bright scarlet, 
clear rose, pure white, orange, canary yellow, ete., and 
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