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varieties in the gardens, which flower early. The one 

 called Crown, or Carnation Daisy, is twice the size of the 

 common varieties, and has white and red petals alternately 

 and very double. Loamy soil, inclined to moisture, is best 

 adapted to their growth. 



Campanula. This genus affords many very ornamental 

 plants for the Flower garden and Shrubbery, and they 

 flower superbly during the summer, agreeing better with 

 our climate than with that of Europe. Many have two 

 successions of flowers, C. persidfolia alba plena ; C. per- 

 sicifolia coeritlea plena ; C. urticifolia, white. Of this last 

 there is also a double variety. C. speciosa ; C. glomerata ; 

 C. versicolor, with several others, are worthy of a situation 

 in every garden. Their roots are strong, fleshy and 

 fibrous. They are easy of culture, and will retain their 

 situation in the severest of our winters. C. grandiflbra is 

 now I'Fahlenbergia grandiflbra. It has superb large blue 

 flowers, stems are slender, and should be supported as soon 

 as they grow. 



Cheirdnthus Cheiri vulgaris is the common garden 

 Wall-flower. There are about ten varieties of it, all ad- 

 mired for their various colours and agreeable odour. The 

 common variety survives the mildest of our winters. The 

 most esteemed variety is hoemdnthus, Double bloody. 

 They should all be protected by a frame. C. mutdbilis is 

 a beautiful species ; it has many shades of colour from lilac 

 to dark purple. The flowers are on extending racemose 

 spikes ; blooming from April to June ; it requires a light 

 rich soil ; is a half shrubby evergreen plant. 



Chelone. This genus belongs entirely to this conti- 

 nent, and possesses many fine species. It is a matter of 

 astonishment that they are not more cultivated and sought 

 for in our collections. C. gldbra; C. obliqua; C. barbata; 

 C. atropurpitrea ; C. pulchella ; and C. speciosa f are all 

 handsome, and flower from May to September; corolk 

 large, ringent, ventricose ; flowers in spikes or panicles. 



Chrysanthemums. There are few of this genus of any 

 consequence as herbaceous plants, except the varieties of 

 C. sinense, of which there are about ninety, all desirable ; 

 but in small gardens, where there is a deficiency in room, 

 the following are select in colour and quality: Admiration, 

 yellow ; Celestial, pale blush ; Coronet, white : Defiance, 



