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So-wer for bouquets. Grows one and a half feet liigh. Sow from 

 the middle of May until the middle of June, 



Sweet William {Bianthus barhalus) very properly finds a place 

 in all collections. The name itself is endearing to many a fair 

 cultivator of iowers. Of most easy culture, very fragrant, and of 

 a variety of attractive colors, forming a perfect truss of bloom, it 

 as a universal favorite. The late Awicidar fiowered, and some 

 other sorts, are very pretty. Sow at aay time in spring or early 

 summer, asid tiiey will bioom the next season, 



Flowerinkj Shrubs, 

 Early spring is the best time to set most of these plants, and 

 &ere is nothing difficult either in the planting or after manage- 

 ment of those here introduced. They are hardy, too, unless other- 

 "wse noted, and will flourish on any good garden soil. In setting 

 tliem, unless the ground has been thoroughly and deeply dug, 

 wiich is always better, make the holes of good size, sufficient to 

 receive all the roots without cram}5ing, and give them some chance 

 to extend in the freshly filled-io soil. The hole should be deep 

 foi the same reason, unless in clayey soil, while a basin will be 

 sna3e to hold water. Such land should be underdrained. If the 

 rod;s have been mutilated in taking up, pare the wounds smoothly, 

 cuting to firm wood with a sharp knife. Fine roots will push 

 outfrom such a cut, or it will heal over much sooner tlian a rouo-h, 

 ton ead. The groisnd may be made rich with well decomposed 

 maiure, but it is unsafe to put clear manure in the hole about the 

 rods. Old turt^ inverted in the bottom of the hole, makes a fine 

 bet on which to gpread oi^t the roots. They will readily peue- 

 trae these turfs and derive muchj^nourishment from them. Tram- 

 ple the sods down a little, and sift over some fine earth to fill all 

 crfuks. Sift in fine surface soil about the roots; if a little old 

 mick, peat or woods earth is added, all the better. Use the fin- 

 ge's about the fine roots, and see that no cavity is left under the 

 rots beneath the stem. The soil should be pressed close a))out 

 e^ery part ol each root. Now for the selection, including a few 

 ^^hich do not bloom, but are pri^ied for their foliage, 



AmygdaliAS 'pmiula (double dwarf -flowering almond). — A pretty 



l)w-growing shrub, bearing a profusion of double rose-like flowers 



«overiag the shoots before the leaves start in this spring. Of 



nost easy culture and every way desirable. Blooming in May. 



Buxwi '&ji-horescens (tree box) and suffruticosa (dwarf box) are 



