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tHe ILLUSTRATIONS. 
PHLOX VARIETIES—1. Generat Dovivier. 
2. MApAME FROBEL. 
RANUNCULUS VARIETIES—1. Dr. Caannine. 
2. ENCHANTER. 
HE entire tribe of Ploxes have an especial claim to cultivation ; 
they are, almost without exception, perfectly hardy, easy of cul- 
ture, readily propagated, profuse in bloom, many are very fragrant, of 
great variety and beauty in colours, and of long endurance as an orna- 
ment to the flower garden. A selection may be grown that will flower 
from the beginning of April to November. The diversity of height to 
which the kinds grow render them equally adapted for growing in 
masses, or singly in the flower border. When in masses, the tallest 
being in the centre, a gradual declination can be arranged from the 
height of three or four feet down to the prostrate kinds whose flowers 
are but two inches from the ground. All are worth growing, but as 
considerable attention has been directed by ourselves and others for the 
last five years to raising seedlings, possessing a superior round form, 
thick petals, and very distinct eye, or stripe, and many such superb 
varieties have been obtained, a collection of most handsome ones may 
be selected, and ata very reasonable price. No flower garden ought to 
be without such charming plants. In a good strong loam, well en- 
riched, upon a dry subsoil, they grow vigorously, and bloom profusely. 
They do not thrive under trees, but like an open situation. As the 
roots generally admit of division each season, an increase of young 
plants should be made early in spring ; this being annually done, the 
sorts are kept up, and a healthy bloom obtained. They strike freely 
by cuttings, inserted in white sand, either in pots, or under a hand- 
glass, in a shady border. 
The varieties we have here figured are of first-rate excellence, and 
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