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the flowers are perfect in shape, and evenly imbricated 
like a Camellia. Zinnias require but little attention, and 
will grow well almost anywhere. For perfection of 
fiower the seed should be sown early in a hotbed or the 
greenhouse, and once or twice pricked out before plant- 
ing in the open border. Set the plants two feet apart 
each way, and they will completely cover the ground 
early in Summer. They will commence to flower in 
June, and remain until killed by frost. The flower lasts 
a long time, looking cheerful until the seed is quite ripe. 
The fact of the flowers remaining so long perfect has 
given the plant one of its common names, ‘‘ Youth and 
Old Age.” 
LIBONTA, 
& RECENTLY introduced genus of handsome flower- 
== ing plants from Brazil. Floribunda, the ouly species 
now known, is a small suffruticose plant, with elliptic 
oblong leaves, and very abundant tubular yellow-tipped 
scarlet flowers, one or two from each leaf axil. The 
flowers are drooping, very abundant, and exceedingly 
ornamental. ‘These plants should be grown in the green- 
house, where they will flower from November till Spring. 
They are also excellent sitting-room plants, and worthy 
of a place in any collection. They grow best in a mod- 
erately rich loam, and should be regularly and abund- , 
antly watered. They are easily raised from cuttings. 
Introduced in 1864. 
PHLOX. 
: N extensive and handsome group of plants of native 
== origin, and contains many valuable hardy herbace- 
ous plants. The Perennial Phloxes are seedlings from 
