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horizontally, or even pendulous. Considerable care is lecpiired 

 to keep them well secured, by tying, &c, in consequence of the 

 shoots being succulent, and very brittle. When watering is re- 

 quired, none should be given to the heart of the plant, but it 

 should be poured over the surface of the bed. To provide against 

 accidents that may arise, it is advisable to have a few plants kept 

 in pots, in order to replace deficiencies. If a bed is required to 

 bloom profusely at a late period of the summer, or even in autumn, 

 seed should be sown at the end of May, or early in June, and the 

 plants treated in every respect as above directed. The plant pro- 

 duces seeds in abundance, but it requires sonic attention to get it 

 before the capsule bursts. The plants may be taken up and pre- 

 ened during winter in a cool, dry frame. In spring, they may 

 be increased by pinching oil' the leading shoot, thereby causing 

 I he production of laterals, which being carefully taken oflj mav be 

 struck ; or the main stem, down to the root, may be divided, so as 

 to have a shoot to each part. To get them to strike well, a hot- 

 I id frame, or stove heat, will be found useful. When the fine 

 rosy lilac llowcrs of this very beautiful plant are fully expanded, 

 being produced in vast profusion, and continuing for so long a 

 nil, they make a very pleasing appearance, and never fail to 

 give ample satisfaction. 



Wit rvmhcrijiii phouicru. Syn. Petunia violacea. — This plant is 

 one of the most valuable additions to the (lower garden, and with 

 which all admirers of flowers must be pleased. It will bloom con- 

 stantly in the open border from May to the end of October ; and 

 the fine rosy purple (lowers being produced in vast profusion, ren- 

 'I. r the plant a most pleasing object. When allowed to grow 

 upright, and carefully trained, it will rise to six or eight feet high, 

 01 « ven more, and be liberally furnished with lengthened lateral 

 branches. The plant is readily raised by seed, which should be 

 QWQ in 8 pot early in spring, and placed in a hotbed frame. 

 When strong enough, the plants should be transplanted into small 

 poU, using a rich soil ; and by the end of May, they mav be 

 planted OOl in the open border. Such plants will rarclv rise higher 

 iban tin. , I, . i the lirst season, but will produce a vast number of 

 -id' -boot , and bloom abundantly. M the end of October, the 

 old pi; nit-, if taken up with care, may be kepi iniji greenhouse 

 through winter. About the end of September, slips should be 



