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for I have been working among them as a gardener nearly all my life, and 

 so far as I can facilitate the cultivation of flowering plants and shrubs by 

 naming a good selection, I will gladly do so, as follows : 



LIST OF HAIIDY SHRUBS AND PLANTS— By Mr. Fuller. 



June Hoses, blooming once, five varieties : Madame Plantier, pure 

 white ; La Belle African, very dark ; General Foy, violet, spotted ; Per- 

 sian Yellow, deep yellow ; Coupe de Hebe, pink. 



Moss Roses, blooming once, five varieties: Alice Leroy, red or pink; 

 Cristata, crested, very large, roseate; Laneii, bright red ; Unique de Prov- 

 ence, white ; Etna, flame color. 



Perpetual Moss Roses, five varieties ; General Drouet, violet red ; Mad- 

 am Edward Ory, carmine; Salet, bright rose; Herman Kegel, red, slight- 

 ly striped. 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses, ten varieties : Caroline de Sansal, pale incar- 

 nadine ; Blanche Vibert, white ; Giant of Battles, bright crimson ; Prince 

 Noir, very dark; Madam Trudeaux, bright carmine ; Pius IX., lai'ge crim- 

 son ; Crystal Palace, shaded, incarnadine ; Baron Prevost, roseate ; Sy- 

 donie, light pink ; La Reine, very large, rosy lilac. 



Climbing Roses, five varieties: Queen of the Prairies, deep pink; Bal- 

 timore Belle; Mouutjoy, white border, pink center; Mrs. Hovey, pale blush; 

 Perpetual pink, deep pink. 



Shrubs, twelve sorts: Spiraea prunifolia, pleno, dbl. white; Spiraea Re- 

 versii, pleno dbl. white; Fortuni, red; Pyrus Japonica, red; Wiegela 

 amablis, pink; Wiegela rosea, pink; Ribes Sanguinea, red flowering cur- 

 rant; Dentzia Grasselas, dwarf, white; Calycanthus laevigatus, sweet 

 scented shrub ; Curcis Japonica, Japan Judas tree ; Philadelphius coro- 

 narius, mock orange ; Magnolia gracilis, purple. 



Herbaceous plants : Achillea Pleeno, double white ; Champanula, double 

 white ; Campanula, double blue ; Dielytra spectabilis ; Dictamnus, white ; 

 Dictamnus, red. 



Digitalis of varieties ; Lupinus polypyllus, of varieties ; Lychnis, double 

 scarlet and white ; Spiraea, double white and double red ; Yucca filamen- 

 tosa, flower white ; Phlox, Roi Leopold striped. 



Climbing plants for Arbors : Aristolochia sipha ; Bignonia grandiflora ; 

 Bignonia sanguinea ; Wistaria sinensis, blue ; do do, white ; Ampelopsis, 

 tricolor ; Lonicera, scarlet trumpet honeysuckle ; do, chives, evergreen,, 

 blush ; do, yellow monthly ; Clematis flamula. 



Peonies, Lilies, &c. : Pseonia Whitleyi, double white ; Paeonia Pottsii, 

 double crimson ; Lilies — Lancifolium album, white crested ; do puncta- 

 tum, pink crested ; do longiflorum, Chinese long white. 



Wm. Lawton, of New Rochelle, said : Although the lists given might be- 

 largely extended, people may be very much benefited by selections from- 

 the plants named. He mentioned the althea, and also the Japan flower, 

 as good additions to the list of hardy plants. Its golden yellow flowers 

 come so early in the spring they are much admired, and if the shoots are 



