converted into a cemetery for the city of Paris, the 

 demand for these flowers in the French capital has 

 been so considerable, as not only to employ many 

 hands in the cultivation of them, but numerous 

 families are regularly occupied, and entirely sup- 

 ported by forming these flowers into garlands and 

 crosses, which are offered for sale by the cottagers 

 near the entrance of this celebrated burial ground ; 

 and but few persons can visit the romantic and hal- 

 lowed spot without having some name called to their 

 remembrance which draws from them this slight 

 token of remembrance ; for here we find a mingled 

 mass of monuments, recalling to our recollection the 

 sweet lines of the poet, the ready wit of the critic, 

 the piety of the priest, the heroic deeds of the sol- 

 dier, the bravery of the sailor, the labours of the 

 naturalist, the beauties of the artist, and the loves of 

 Abelard and Heloise; here we meet fond parents 

 with wreaths of IMMORTELLES to drop on the sod 

 of their blighted hopes, and affectionate children 

 placing crosses of everlasting flowers on the head 

 of their parents* graves.' 



The cultivation of this plant is particularly easy 

 where the soil is light and dry, but in damp si- 

 tuations it frequently dies under the influence of the 

 moisture of our climate during the three first months 

 of the year. It should be divided in spring or au- 

 tumn, and if the soil be stiff, mix with it an ample 

 portion of drift sand ; this will generally preserve it 

 in health ; but should it not do so, plant it on little 

 hillocs of light soil, which may be raised six or eight 

 inches high, as a further defence against damp ; and 

 half cover the soil with small pebbles. 

 Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 14. 



