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where there is a small greenhouse, or, if none, where the 

 proprietor is willing to expend a few dollars for verbenas, 

 geraniums and heliotropes ; all the other plants being annuals 

 or perennials of the easiest cultivation. 



20. Verbena, Sunset, (rose.) 



21. Portulaca, (golden.) , 



22. Portulaca, (scarlet.) 



23. Same as No. 8. 



24. Geranium, Lucia Rosea, (pink.) 



25. Tom Thumb geranium. 



26. Tom Thumb geranium. 



27. Geranium, Lucia Rosea, (pink.) 



28. Portulaca, (scarlet.) 



29. Tom Thumb geranium. 



30. Heliotrope. 



31. Verbena, Sunset. 



32. Portulaca, (golden.) 



33. Ageratum. 



34. Same as No. 8. 



35. Vase, or Statue ; if a vase, to be 

 filled with Verbenas, Petunias, 

 &c., ; if a statue, to be sur- 

 rounded with a circle of Oxalis 

 floribunda. 



\. Verbena, Heroine, (blue.) 



2. Verbena, America, (white.) 



3. Pansies, of the fine showy sorts. 



4. Portulaca, (white.) 



5. Tom Thumb geranium. 



6. Verbena, Republic, (striped.) 



7. Portulaca, (golden.) . 



8. Campanula carpatica, Avith rose, 



as in the above list. 



9. The same. 



10. Tom Thumb geranium. 



11. Portulaca, (white.) 



12. Verbena, Republic. 



13. Portulaca, (golden.) 



14. Pansies, of the fine showy sorts. 



15. Verbena, America. 



16. Verbena Morphe. 



17. Ageratum. 



18. Heliotrope. 



19. Tom Thumb geranium. 



This arrangement may be further altered by those who 

 do not wish to purchase any plants, viz., by substituting 

 candytuft, sweet alyssum, petunias, dwarf convolvulus, and 

 other annuals, in the place of the geraniums, heliotropes and 

 verbenas. 



In whatever way they may be filled, provided the proper 

 arrangement of colors is kept in view, the parterre will be a 

 splendid object throughout the summer. 



Art. III. Pomological Gossip. 



Large Collection of Strawberries. — Mr. W. R. Prince, 

 of Flushing, cultivates the large number of two hundred and 

 fifty-two varieties of strawberries, among them Peles Mer- 

 vielle, and other foreign kinds. Many of these kinds are 



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