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ginate, with a beautiful dark purple line on each, formincr an 

 exact square on the entire leaf; scape simple, many flow- 

 ered ; flowers violet colored. 



This species, with 0. Mauritiana, are pretty a^stival plants 

 for border cultivation, and might be used as edgings to ad- 

 vantage, affording a profusion of flowers during the summer. 

 The bulbs increase rapidly; but being tender, must be taken 

 up and kept dry, and from frost during winter. p 



Salem, July 28th. 



AuT. IX. On the Solving of several Varieties of Flower Seeds, for 

 the Purpose of having tlieni bloom much stronger and more profusely 

 during the next Season. By the Conductors. 



As the season is now approaching in which much can be 

 done towards beautifying the garden for the ensuing spring 

 and summer, we would call the attention of our readers to 

 the superior advantages to be gained by the immediate 

 planting of several kinds of flower seeds, among which are 

 some of the most showy and beautiful of which our gardens 

 can boast. It is well known how much is gained by planting 

 fruit and shrub seeds, and also many kinds of vegetables, 

 in the fall of the year. With many sorts of flower seeds, 

 equal advantages are derived, by pursuing nearly the same 

 course of cultivation. Perhaps most of our readers have 

 noticed what strength of growth, and what beautiful large 

 flowers, many plants have, that are what is generally termed 

 self-sown: but with double flowers, it generally happens, that 

 they rarely if ever, when self-sown, come double the next 

 season: the seeds should therefore be selected with great 

 care, and placed away until wanted for sowing. The kinds 

 which we think do well in this way are Calliopsis bicolor, 

 Clarkia pulchella, pulchella vnr. alba, and elegans, larkspurs 

 of all sorts, Eschscholtzia californica, crocrea andcanescens, 

 Iberis, amura, Collomia grandiflura and linearis, Argemone 

 mexicana, ochroleuca and Barclayana, Ammobium alatum, 

 Reseda odorata. Verbena Aubletia, Gilia capitata, and 

 several others may be tried; but these are particularly- 

 named, as kinds which should invariably be planted in the 

 autumn, to flower profusely and beautifully. 



About the latter part of September, or, if warm for the 

 season, the middle of October, the places should be selected, 



