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plants ; it must be a cold winter that would destroy them. They are much more likely to be killed 

 for want of water in summer, especially in light sandy soils. The cardinalis varieties are later 

 bloomers. There are several species of that pretty genus Veronica in flower ; first we have the 

 V. gentianoides, with smooth, oval, entire, evergreen leaves, in tufts at the base of the flower stem, 

 and very pale flowers, veined with blue ; then there is the V. latifolia, with spikes of a deeper blue, 

 and serrated leaves ; the V. spicata, also blue ; and the fine V. virginica, nearly three feet high ; 

 the leaves of this species are in whorls, and the flowers are white, in spikes a foot long ; there is a 

 pink variety sometimes confounded with the species. A beautiful border plant is the red-stamened 

 variety of the Thalictrum aquilegifolium ; the handsome purple-tinted leaves, and the large panicles 

 of brush-like flowers, make it very ornamental when in bloom. T. glaucum is yellow, and of taller 

 growth ; and as a dwarf species, there is the white T. alpinum, much less showy, however, than the 

 two just named. Here is a yellowed-flowered Leguminous plant we had nearly overlooked, the 

 Thermopsis fabacea, which as being both showy and hardy, is worth a place in most gardens ; the 

 stamens of this plant, unlike most others of this Order, will be found distinct. The beautiful 

 herbaceous Pceonies we point out, for the sake of introducing a warning ; on no account should the 

 gardener be allowed to remove their foliage after flowering, an error commonly committed by 

 the less intelligent of the blue-aproned gentry, who require vigilant superintendence. 



We have been obliged to omit some interesting plants, our space being exhausted ; but we have 

 reserved one as a bonne bouche. Let us see, gentle reader, if you can guess its name. It climbs, has 

 delicate succulent stems, and leaves divided into six lobes, with a minute fringe at the base of the 

 leaf-stalk ; its flowers are produced singly from the axils of the upper leaves, and are of a bright 

 vermillion tint, with a spur of the same colour, and embrace with their slender stalks any friendly 

 support within their reach. The problem is not a very difficult one, truly ; still there may be readers 

 of the English Flower Garden who are unacquainted with the original of the portrait, and, there- 

 fore, for them wc will add that the last named of our June flowers is — the Tropmolum speciosum. 



AQUILEGIA. CALIFOBNICA. 

 Although aware of the introduction of this species of Columbine, we refrained from noticing it 

 in the earlier part of the present number, not having then seen its flowers. Messrs. Cunningham, 

 Fraser and Co., of the Comely Bank Nursery, Edinburgh, have since obligingly forwarded us 

 specimens, which enable us to speak of it in very favourable terms. It appears to grow about 

 eighteen inches high, the stems and petioles being tinged with purplish-brown, and the leaves of a 

 similar form and size to those of the common species. The petals are of a bright orange-scarlet, 

 with straight spurs inflated at the tip, and are remarkable for the shortness of the outer lip of the 

 mouth of the tube ; the sepals are of a duller red. The stamens project considerably from the 

 mouth of the flower, as in Canadensis, to which species it seems allied, but its foliage is larger, and 

 it is altogether a finer plant. We are not aware that this plant is to be had in London, but it 

 may be obtained cheaply of Messrs. Cunningham and Fraser, or any other of the Edinburgh Florists. 



NEW MODE OF BUDDING EOSES. 

 In budding Eoses it is usual to cut out the wood and bark to which the bud is attached, and then 

 to remove the wood by carefully picking it out from the shield, an operation not always accomplished 

 without difficulty. The following plan of preparing the shield has been suggested, and appears 

 worthy of attention. An incision is to be made around the bud so as to enclose a portion of 

 bark of the same size as the ordinary shield, and if this is done at a period when the bark separates 

 easily from the wood, the shield and bud may be readily detached by an adroit use of the fingers, 

 and the thin end of the budding knife. A little pressure applied to the bark, around the base 

 of the bud will assist in loosening it, but it is of more importance than when the ordinary mode 

 is followed, that the proper moment should be chosen, which can only be known by trial. 



