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from which you want to have dwarf ones, and tie some moss and 

 mould round the stalk, about a foot or half a foot (according to the 

 height of the plant you desire) from the head of the plant ; tie it 

 round tight, and in a fortnight roots will strike to the moss, when it 

 may be taken off and potted ; by this means you will have a pretty 

 dwarf plant at once, without much trouble. I have this season se- 

 veral of the tall growing kinds in pots about a foot high, looking ex- 

 tremely beautiful. 



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Tlie Lady's Country Companion, or, How to enjoy a Country Life 

 rationally. By Mrs. Loudon, author of " Gardening for Ladies, 

 Sfc." with an Engraving on Steel, and Illustrations on Wood. 

 London, Longman and Co., 1845. 



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I will now tell you how I would plant the beds. As this is the 

 beginning of April, and as I wish your garden to look well imme- 

 diately, I would advise you to get a few pots of Californian and other 

 annuals, usually raised in pots, from the nurseryman at the neigh- 

 bouring town, and to plant them, putting three potfuls in each bed, 

 but no more. In No. 1 put Phlox Drummondi, the flowers of which 

 are crimson of various shades, and let the stems be pegged down so 

 as to spread over the bed. No. 2 may be Lasthenia californica, the 

 flowers of which are yellow, and the stems generally procumbent ; 

 but they may be pegged down to keep them in their proper places, 

 that is, to spread completely and regularly over the bed. No. 3 

 should be Nemophila insignis, the flowers of which are of a beautiful 

 blue, and which will not require pegging down. No. 4 may be 

 Erysimum Petrowskianum, the flowers of which are of a bright 

 orange, but the stems must be pegged down, or they will grow tall 

 and straggling. No. 5 may be Nolana atriplicifolia, the flowers of 

 which'are blue, and resemble those of a convolvulus ; this is a pro- 

 cumbent plant, and will not require pegging. No. 6 may be nemo- 

 phila atomaria, which has white flowers, and is a dwarf plant. 

 Nn. 7 may be Leptosiphon densiflorus, a dwarf plant, with pale 

 purple flowers. No. 8 may be Gilia bicolour, a dwarf plant, with 

 nearly white flowers. No. 9 may be Clintonia pulchella, a beautiful 



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