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keep thvough the winter. You may also put in cuttings of this in the spring, 

 which will flower very eai'ly. Verbenas flower well all the summer, but are 

 tlifiiciilt to keep through the winter, as they damp off" in December and 

 January for want of better air. The dark clove- cai-nation is very hardy, and 

 flowers beautifully. These I propagate by hundi-eds in the autumn, potting 

 some in cold frames, and letting others remain out of doors. The sweet- 

 william, lupinus, polyphyllus, scabiosa, antirrhinum, polyanthus, foxglove, 

 and lily of the valley, do remarkably well. The fuchsia, if planted in a cold 

 shady place in summer, flowers tolerably well, but must be attended to in 

 watering, or the flower drops before opening. Plant them in leaf-mould, 

 rotten dung, and yellow loam. If the weather is very hot and dr}'^, cover the 

 sm-face with a little rough rotten dung. The mimulus is a famous town flower, 

 but requires plenty of water. Some of the hardy phloxes do pretty well. The 

 double rocket flowers freely, and if the first bloom is taken off when faded, 

 the plant will bloom again as freely as ever ; but it requires a great deal of 

 water. I would recommend neax'ly all the common hardy annuals, especiallj' 

 branching larkspur, the Phlox Drummondii, lupinus, coreopsis, &c. Balsams 

 do vei'y well if the seed is sown in a little hotbed, supposing you have the 

 convenience to make one ; it will also answer for china-asters, and when 

 ready to be planted, mix plenty of leaf-mould and rotten dung in the borders 

 for them, as they do not bloom freely without a rich compost, and being 

 abundantly supplied with water. Have nothing to do with tender annuals : 

 they are poor, sickly-looking plants for town gardening. The common pinks 

 do exceedingly well. The willow-hei*b (Epilobium angustifolium) is a very 

 showy common flower, and will grow anywhere. Mignonette does well. Sow 

 it for early blooming in January, in a little heat in 48-pots, in light mould to 

 turn out. There are numbers of herbaceous plants that do very well, such as 

 the Michaelmas daisy (aster), double sunflower, Achillea lingulata, Dracoce- 

 phalum speciosum, sea-lavender (Statice latifolia), and a]l hardy plants of this 

 class. The common English ferns thrive very well in shady parts, by watering 

 every day in hot, dry weather. Plant them in leaf-mould, loam, and common 

 sand, and mix with them a few plants of periwinkle and some rockwork ; but 

 be careful not to disturb them while forking up the borders. Hollyhocks do 

 very indiff'erently, and are not worth trying. Dahlias do exceedingly well if 

 well supphed with water, and carefully thinned as they advance in size. They 

 ought to be planted very early in the spring to get an early bloom ; as they are 

 not required in September, the chrysanthemum taking their place, I generally 

 cut them down in this month. Last year I pegged them down all the season, 

 and kept them close to the ground by pruning, and they bloomed well. You 

 ought to be particular in your selection not to purchase hard-eyed ones, as tho 

 gromid become;? so hot and dry at the close of the summer, that they never 

 bloom fully out. Among the best are, Beauty of the Grove, Richard Cobden, 

 King of the Yellows, Mr. Glennj', Beeswing, Brilliant, Empress, Annie 

 Salter, Beauty of Slough, Fearless, and other free bloomers of this class. 

 2282. " Respecting shrubs and deciduous plants," continues Mr. Broome, 



