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or the heat of a few hours would shrivel the leaves and endanger 



their existence. 



Towards winter, if you have no friendly greenhouse or frame at 

 hand to preserve them from frost, the plants will frequently die 

 down to the surface of the pots ; but do not for that reason throw 

 them away, for if taken into the dwelling-house and occasionally 

 watered whenever the earth gets very dry, your patience and at- 

 tention will be amply rewarded, by having the pleasure and satis- 

 faction of seeing them peep up from their dusty beds in the ensu- 

 ing season, and spring forth with renewed strength as the warm 

 weather advances, 



Gtjlielmus. 



ARTICLE V. — On Plants which are peculiarly adapted 

 for Planting in Masses; each kind being showy and 

 profuse in Flowering. By Flora. 



(continued from page 18.) 

 Veronica Chamcedrys, Germander-leaved Speedwell. Having 

 lately given descriptions of some dwarf plants of a high splendid 

 scarlet show, I here bring into notice a plant, which for beauty 

 will yield to none. It is a well known native of this country, and 

 one of the finest ornaments, in spring and early summer, that 

 adorns our hedges and woods. The beautiful blue flowers, each 

 having its white centre, commands universal attraction in its native 

 situation, and when admitted into the Flower Garden, is not ex- 

 ceeded by any plant introduced therein. V. Chamcedrys grows 

 from six to nine inches high, and throws up flowering spikes 

 most profusely, each spike producing from ten to twenty flowers. 

 When in bloom, the surface of the flowers compose one mass of the 

 finest possible blue, and the pretty white centre gives each flower 

 an appearance most innocent and pleasing. The plant is perennial, 

 and may be readily obtained ; it blooms from May to the end of 

 Jul\'. If a shady situation be allowed it in the flower garden, it 

 suits the flowers, the hot sun being injurious — and it continues in 

 bloom a longer period, and the blossoms retain their colour better. 

 In removing the plant, it should be taken with balls of soil ad- 

 hering. A light soil suits the plants best. If lotten leaf soil can 



