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Aster, orange, white. And Chrysanthemums may be added to the 

 beginning and end of the last arrangement, if there is room. 



B. Groups of seven Chrysanthemums. 



C. Tlie annexed groups of Chrysanthemums have a good effect : — 

 R Y Ro Y Ro Y R 



W B Ay W B W 



R 



Y Y 



Ro B B Ro 



Y 



W W 



R R 



W 



In the above diagram tlie colours are marked by their respective 

 initial letters, R standing for red and Ro for rose. — Gardener'' s 

 Chronicle. 



BRIEF REMARKS. 



Spring Flowers. — All spring flowers possess very peculiar charms, 

 and, in my opinion, not one excels the lovely Erica carnea. It begins 

 to display its beauties in January, and continues to bloom in vast pro- 

 fusion till June. The mass of its charming flowers, of a bright pink 

 colour, having each flower tipped with black antiiers, have a pretty 

 appearance. The plant is dwarf and compact, well suited for an edging 

 to a flower-bed, or the front of a border near to the dwelling-house, or 

 by the side of a frequented Avalk. It enlivens and beautifully adorns 

 every situation it occupies. It also succeeds in large pots or vases, if 

 kept cool and moist at tlie roots, and replaced early. It is valuable 

 for replenishing winter bouquets, especially in cool rooms. It may 

 not, perhaps, be generally known that if half the plant or plants be 

 covered with soil (or probably with any other light material) for a 

 period before the flowers attain their colour, it will blanch them to such 

 a degree as to present the appearance of a distinct pale or white variety, 

 forming a lively contrast with the rosy-pink hue of the unblanched 



