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it ; leaves are then raked up and mixed with the soil until the hole is 

 filled above the level ; a plant is then inserted, and soon makes a 

 most beautiful bush, seldom injured by either domesticated or wild 

 animals. Rhododendron catawbiense and its varieties are far more 

 beautiful than ponticum, and therefore should be planted near -walks 

 and the margins of woods ; it is also one of the best to cross the Ne- 

 jpkiil kinds upon, to obtain hardy varieties, which are mostly very 

 beautiful. When in bloom, nothing can surpass the beauty of Rho- 

 dodendrons in woods ; last year the woods here were quite enchant- 

 ing with them. It is very easy to fill woods with them by sowing 

 the seed broad-cast, where it is desirable to have them. As soon as 

 the capsules burst, which is about the present season, I collect the 

 seed by shaking the boughs, placing a large sheet of paper beneath. 

 A man and a boy can collect enough to sow acres in a few hours where 

 plants are plentiful j a calm day should be chosen for the operation, 

 which should be done as soon as possible after the capsules burst, 

 and the seed should be sown immediately, Rhododendron maximum 

 grows much better in shade than in sunny situations ; the foliage is 

 often four times the usual size, and of a much finer green ; R. maxi- 

 mum seems to prefer loam, mixed with a great portion of leaves raked 

 up and used immediately by mixing with the soil. Any one desirous 

 of planting underwood, cannot find a more desirable plant than Rho- 

 dodendrons, on account of their being evergreen, and forming large 

 masses, having a delightful appearance in the most dreary winter. 



ARTICLE VI. 



REMARKS ON PLANTING RANUNCULUS, ANEMONE, HYACINTH, 

 AND OTHER KINDS OF ROOTS, IN THE OPEN BORDER. 



BY MR. LOCKIIART, FLORIST, &C, CIIEAPS1DK, LONDON. 



Failures and disappointments in their flowering chiefly arose from 

 the fact that amateurs, and sometimes professed gardeners, plant them 

 too late and too shallow. 



No flower root, however small, ought to be planted less than four 

 inches deep, with the exception of the Ranunculus and the Anemone, 

 and for the following reasons : — A flower root at four inches deep is less 

 liable to be affected by every change of weather than one planted two 



