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4. Shrills. — Flowering-shrubs may be planted out so soon 

 as the frost is out and tlie ground sufficiently dry, wbich will 

 geuepally be in April. The same general directions apply as 

 have already been given for trees. Tall shrubs should be sup- 

 ported for a while by a stake. The roots must not be permit- 

 ted to dry before planting ; and if they are to be carried to a 

 distance, they must bo kept from the air by means of moss, or 

 straw mats bound about them. 



IV— LISTS OF FLOWEEING PLANTS AND SHEUBS. 



We now proceed to give lists of choice herbaceous plants 

 and flowering shrubs. "We might make our catalogues much 

 more extensive, and still fail to embrace all that are desirable 

 in particular localities and under particular circumstances. 

 "We trust that they will be found usefid, if not wholly satis- 

 factory, to the novice. For the professional gardener, of course, 

 we do not write. 



HARDY AX^TTALS. 



1. Bltie Floweeed Aegekatum {Argeratum M€a:icanum).— Color, blue; 

 height, one foot ; in bloom all the season. 



2. Sweet Altssum {A. cali/ciiia).— 'White ; fragrant ; six Inches ; all season. 



3. Love Lies Bt^^edii^q (Amaranthits candatm).—Tx.e<l and yeUow ; sum. 



4. Peince's Feathee {A. hyijochondriacus). — Eed ; summer. 



5. Thbee-coloeed AMAEA>-Tn {A. tricolor).— la most beautiful on rather 

 poor soil ; summer 



6. Pheasant's 'Eye {Ado7iismi7iiata).—'B,ed; showy; summer. 



7. China Aster {A. Chi}iensis).—Y arions colors; some lately imported 

 varieties are very beautiful ; eighteen inches ; summer. 



8. Cockscomb {Celosia criitoto).— Crimson ; eighteen inches ; autumn. 



9. Sweet Sultan (Centcmrea of species).— ( (7. mo^chata), purple ; (C ere- 

 tica), white ; (<7. suu'Veolena), yellow ; two feet ; summer. 



10. MosNiNG Globy {Convolvulus r/wyc/-).- Various ; climbing; summer 

 and autumn. 



11. DwAEF MoENiNG Gloet {C. ?« Jrtor).- Bluc ; eighteen inches; summer. 



12. Chktbeis {C. croccii).— Orange ; one foot ; all the season ; (C. Californica) 

 yellow. 



13. Lupine {Luphms of species).— Many varieties ; various ; one to five 

 feet ; some are perennial. 



14. Cypeess Vine {Tpomrea of species). — (/. quamoclif)^ crimson ; (7. aZha), 

 white ; climbing ; summer and autumn. /. coceinea, a native Southern plant ; 

 is generally classed with the morning glories ; red ; climbing ; autumn. 



