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It is much hardier than its parents, and is easily cultivated in light loamy 

 soil, as well as readily increased by cuttings. The Aselepias tulerosa is a 

 hardy perennial of some value among autumn flowers, and far more desirable 

 than the taller A. Syriaca commonly met with; its flowers are of a bright 

 orange tint, and very showy ; any soil suits it, but sandy loam and peat are 

 best. The Gaura Lindheimerii, though not strictly a hardy plant, may be named 

 in the present group; its white flowers are very abundant, and produce some 

 effect ; it is only suitable for the back of the borders as it grows five feet high ; 

 its roots should be dug up and potted, or cuttings may be taken and 

 preserved from frost through the winter; with us it has always been destroyed 

 when left exposed. The G. liennis is hardier, and we think almost, if not 

 quite, as desirable. The old yellow-flowered Salvia glutinosa makes a considerable 

 display in August and September; just before expansion the flower buds are 

 of rather a deep yellow, but when fully developed are paler; the spikes are 

 often from eighteen to twenty inches or more long, and the plant is very 

 hardy in any soil, and easily increased by slips and cuttings. The new 

 Pentstemon Themesterii proves to be a late flowerer, and is an ornamental 

 plant; it seems likely to attain the height of three feet, and has a smooth 

 succulent stem tinged with red, and covered with a delicate bloom ; the leaves 

 are of a dark green, and deeply cut, and are among the handsomest of the 

 genus ; flowers of a rosy purple colour, in lateral and terminal panicles ; 

 we believe it is quite hardy, but it has not been yet exposed by us. 



The Anemone Japonica, and its hybrids, with vitifolia, are valuable autumn 

 flowers, especially in moist soils, in which they grow rapidly, and bloom most 

 abundantly. The brilliancy of their flowers might, we doubt not, be greatly 

 increased by crossing with the scarlet A. coronaria, and the experiment is worth 

 attempting; late flowers of the coronaria may easily be had by planting 

 roots of it about the end of May. The Bell- worts are most of them summer 

 bloomers, but two of their number must be classed with autumnal plants. The 

 first is the Platycodon grandiflorum, with fleshy roots, erect stems about eighteen 

 inches high, with sessile ovate leaves, and large solitary flowers terminating 

 the branches ; they are of a beautiful blue tint, of a flattened cup-like form, 

 and among the largest produced by the Bell-worts. It is perfectly hardy, and 

 increased either by seed, or division of its roots, also by cuttings. There 

 appear to be two varieties of this plant, one flowering at a much later period 

 of the autumn, and of a dwarfer growth, and we believe that, by some 

 Botanists, they are considered as two distinct species. The early variety is 

 the best. There is also a fine double white -flowered variety, which is very 

 showy, and lasts long in bloom ; they appear to enjoy a vegetable soil. The 

 other member of the same Order to which we have referred, is the 



