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plant, a great number of young Roses may be reared. This ope- 

 ration, too, is attended by tlie greatest benefit to the plant that is 

 mil down, as it will throw out many strong shoots, of a beautiful 

 deep red, which will thrive with astonishing rapidity, and produce 

 larger and fairer Roses than any that grow from old wood. The 

 Scarlet Monthly Rose, of every variety, both double and single, 

 may be reared in the same manner. 



The Anemone is a co-tly (lower, whose roots always bear a high 

 price. It is a common, but, as I have often proved, a very mis- 

 taken notion, that if this plant is reared from seed, it requires four 

 or live years of constant attention before the seedlings blossom. 

 If the seeds, which appear like tufts of cotton mixed with dark 

 specks, be gathered, and sown in a box full of light fine earth di- 

 rectly thev are ripe, they will soon come up, with two pointed, 

 long, slender leaves, and before the autumn is over, these will be 

 sinif. d.- ' li area usual to the perfect plant, which are 



beautifully cut in many divisions — something like parsley-leaves, 

 but finer. The whole plant then dies down for the winter ; and 

 the roots, if examined, have the appearance of small lumps of 

 earth, and are very difficult to find ; for this reason, they are best 

 sown in a box, as they are liable to be lost in the open ground. 

 1 1 is desirable to leave the box undisturbed — only, let it be care- 

 fully weeded. The young Anemones will make their appearance 

 in the spring, and seldom fail of blowing the succeeding autumn, 

 when they are a year old. I have known some, when they liked 

 the ground, even bloom the spring after they were sown. After 

 they have blossomed, the plants will die down, and the roots must 

 be carefully dug up, and if left undisturbed in the border, will in- 

 >se very fast, 



It only now remains to say a few words to those who love plants, 



and are not so happy as to dwell in the country to enjoy them. 



All plants in London need just twice as much water as they do in 



i.ntry ; bflqimce, the acrid nature of the smoky atmosphere 



up their moisture. The leaves should likewise be 



BjHUigi <\, when they are coven d with dust or blacks. Geraniums 



and Monthlv Rosed are the plants most desirable for a London 



..•I, l.i ■i-an-i if watered i-vei v day, and placed level with the 



light, the) produce a constant succession of leaves and flowers. 



Hydrai both the pink and the curious blue variety, are 



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