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The rose seeds, for instance, need scalding vei-y mucli. So tlie Globe 

 Amaranth, though it does well soaked in milk ; in fact milk is the best 

 thing that I ever tried. The Canary-bird flower is a fast growing climber, 

 and will festoon an arbor in a few weeks. The Morning Glory as a climber, 

 must not be neglected. There are several new varieties, with beautiful 

 variegated flowers. All the things that I have named in my little list will 

 give satisfaction, and it will be a pretty fiiir guide to persons who desire 

 to make up a selection, and really do not know what to order. Most of 

 those who would be amateur florists in this city and vicinity, are limited 

 in space, and consequently can select only a limited number. Many far- 

 mers could, and their wives and daughters generally would increase their 

 stock, if they knew what to get. It is such that I hope to benefit by nam- 

 ing a few hardy varieties, that I know, by my own experience, will give 

 satisfaction. 



CHOICE LIST OF FLOWERS— By R. G. Pardee. 



1. Roses — Souvenir de Malmaison, Giant de Battalles, Baron Provost, 

 La Reine, Madam Lafay ; Crested Moss, for its peculiarity ; Adelaide 

 Moss, Aimee Vibert, Madam Bosanquet, Solfatare, Augusta, and Queen of 

 the Prairies. 2. Dahlias — such as Belle de Paris, Duchess of Wellington, 

 MissVyse, Yellow Superb. 3. Tree-Peony? 4. Chrysanthemums, Dwarfs, 

 and in variety. 5. Scarlet Gerancums — such as Defiance, &c., and Prin- 

 cess Alice Pink. 6. Salvia Splendens, Major, and other kinds, 7. Fuch- 

 sias, Verbenas, Petunias, Heliotropes, Lantanas, Veronicas, Tulips, 

 Hyacinths, and other things in that class. 8. Holyhocks. 9. Annual and 

 Hardy Phloxes. 10. Of the annuals select the best German Asters, Ten 

 Weeks Stock Gillias, Double Balsams, Pansies, Verbenas, Petunias, Pinks 

 and Carnations, Portulaccas, &c. 11. For climbing annuals — Cobea Scan- 

 dens, Scarlet Cypress Vine, Canary-bird Flowers, and the best Iponicas, 

 or greatly improved variety of the Morning Glory. 12. Early Hardy 

 Plants — Wigelia Rosea and Amabilis, Forsythia Vivi dessinia, Dielytra 

 Spectabilis, and Spirea Prunifolia. 



Mr. Fuller, Horticulturist, of Brooklyn, read an interesting paper upon 

 the flowers and flowering shrubs generally cultivated in this country. He 

 says : I propose to name only the class of hardy plants. The most of those 

 named by Mr. Pardee, are of the semi-tender kind, but the list is a good 

 one. I name the following, and first the roses, that I should recommend, 

 although some of them are very old sorts. Many of the roses called per- 

 petual are not perpetual blossoms. They may bloom twice a year. I put 

 the Queen of the Prairie at the head of the list of hardy roses. Of the 

 many flowering shrubs, if I could have but a dozen, I would take those I 

 have named in my list. I know of no new plant superior to the Judas tree, 

 from Japan. Tlie Magnolia Grandiflora does not succeed at New York ; 

 in the most sheltered situations the tree loses its leaves in winter. 



So far as I have named the same flowers that Mr. Pardee has, it will 

 only go to corroborate the value of those he has selected as an amateur, 



