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will grow finely, and give profuse bloom. In August take 

 off cuttings, and root them in the green-house, or in a 

 frame for your winter's stock, unless you wish to preserve 

 the old plants ; if so, leave them in the garden until just 

 before the frost comes ; then pot them, and winter in the 

 green-house, parlor, or conservatoiy. It is, however, always 

 a good plan to have a stock of summer cuttings. Some 

 species, as Scarlet Geraniums, and Erythrinas, are win- 

 tered in a dry state in a cellar, secure from frost, and 

 again set out in the spring. * 



We describe a few of the principal plants coming under 

 this head : 



GAZANIA SPLENDENS. During the past season this 

 plant has attracted considerable attention as a new and 

 desirable bedding plant. Its recommendations are, its 

 small size, the brilliancy and number of its flowers, and 

 the rich contrasts of color; it is also a plant of easy 

 growth, and small plants soon become vigorous specimens. 



The colors are rich orange yellow, a circle of black, 

 banded and mottled with white and brown or choco- 

 late at the base of the petals, the centre a reddish 

 orange ; foliage dark green. In form, the flower some- 

 vhat resembles a small sunflower, or chrysanthemum. 

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