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Hardy Plo^wers for Autumn. — Auemone jajjouica rubra, 

 rose, 2h feet; A. j. Honorine Joubert, white, 2i feet; Aster coc- 

 cineus, red, 3| feet ; A. diimosus, white, 1 foot; A. elegans, purple, 

 2^ feet ; A. fragilis, white, 2 feet ; A. laevis, purple, 2 feet ; A. 

 multiflorus, white, 2 feet ; A. Novse-Aiiglise, blue, 4 feet ; A. Novi- 

 Belgi, blue, 4 feet ; A. obUqua, purple, 4 feet ; A. amellus, purple, 

 2 feet ; A. bessarabicus, violet, 2 feet ; A. versicolor, white and 

 pink, 1 foot. The Starworts, or Michaelmas Daisies, as they are 

 sometimes called, are a very numerous and interesting family, and 

 their late blooming enhances their value. 



Helenium autumnale, yellow, 2^- feet; Helianthus multiflorus, 

 yellow, 3 feet ; H. orgyalis, yellow, 6 feet ; HeUchrysum Stoechas, 

 yellow, 18 inches; Inula glandulosa, yellow, 2 feet; Leucojum 

 autumnale (autumn Snowflake), white, 4 inches ; Oxalis Bowieana, 

 rose, 9 inches, must have a warm, dry situation ; Petasites fragrans 

 (winter Heliotrope), gray, 1 2 inches ; Physalis Alkekengi (winter 

 Cherry), scarlet fruit, very brilliant, 12 inclies ; Physostegia im- 

 bricata, purple, 3 feet ; Plumbago Larpentaj, blue, 1 5 inches ; 

 Schizostylis coccinea, crimson, 2 feet, a very beautiful autumn- 

 flowering plant, may be lifted and placed in pots for the conserva- 

 tory, where the flowers will be fresher and nicer ; Sedum spcctabile, 

 pink, 12 inches ; Senecio piUcher, crimson, 2h feet ; Silene Schafta, 

 purple, 6 inches ; Solidago grandiflora (Golden Rod), yellow, 3 

 feet; Statice angustifolia, lilac, 12 inches; Sternbergia lutea, yellow, 

 6 inches ; Tritoma Burchelli (Flame Flower), scarlet, 3 feet ; T. 

 Uvaria, red, 3 feet ; T. grandis, red and orange, 5 feet. 



The list of autumn flowers is not an extensive one ; but many 

 of the summer-flowering plants virtually flower in autumn, as they 

 continue to put forth blossoms till the frost comes. To these must 

 be added the Chrysanthemums, although they are now classed with 

 the florists' flowers, and will be referred to hereafter. Still, when 

 treated merely as border plants in a mild autumn, they brighten up 

 many a little garden — ay, and many a great one — in November; and 

 if planted against a low wall or amid the shelter of shrubs. Chrysan- 

 themums will yielil a good many blossoms with but little trouble. 



Hardy Flowers for Cutting. — This is one of their strongest 

 points. One might possess miles of ribbon borders, and yet be 

 unable to fill a vase decently ; but with a good collection of hardy 

 plants in the borders we can gather flowers of all the most beauti- 

 ful colours, and of the most graceful habit of growth, and, what is 

 often of great importance, we may have them of any length of 

 stalk. From the time of the Violets and Snowdrops in winter, 

 through the Primrose season and the time of Lilie?*, something or 

 other is ahvavs cominsr on till the season of Violets is met in the 



