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quaintness of form is deserving of attention : and on this 

 principle, Allium fistulosum (the common Welsh onion) 

 may be allowed to figure in a flower border. At the same 

 time, it must be admitted that such expedients should be 

 employed with reserve. No handsome plant should be re 

 jected because it is common, nor any ill-favored one intro 

 duced merely because it is scarce. The flower-gardener 

 should have a small nursery frame for the propagation of 

 the finer plants, so as to have at hand a stock, to be trans 

 ferred into the borders as often as required. 



Numerous specimens of such showy plants as Verbena 

 Brillii, atro-sanguinea, and Mont Blanc Phlox Drummondii, 

 with Scarlet Geraniums, Petunias, Salvias, and Fuchsias, 

 may easily be kept over winter, in a green-house or vinery, 

 in the very small pots called &quot; thumbs,&quot; ready to be 

 plunged in the open borders in May ; where they uniformly 

 bloom with much greater vigor and brilliancy than under 

 glass. 



We shall here enumerate merely the names of a few of 

 the most ornamental flowers, adapted to the British flower 

 garden,* 



Vernal Herbaceous Plants. Helleborus niger, lividus ; Eranthus 

 hyemalis ; llepatica triloba, var. ; Primula vulgaris var., veris, elatior, mar- 

 ginata, helvetica, nivalis, viscosa, integrifolia, cortusoides ; Cortusa Ma- 

 thioli ; Soldanella alpina, Clusii ; Viola odorata double-flowered, tricolor, 

 biflora, altaica ; Dodecatheon Meadia vars. ; Orobus vernus ; Adonis ver- 

 nalis ; Omphalodes verna ; Corydalis lutea, longiflora ; Sanguinaria cann- 

 densis ; Iris pumila ; Anemone apennina, Halleri, pulsatilla ; Sisyrinchiuin 

 grandiflorum. 



Vernal Plants. Gentiana verna, acaulis. Saxifraga oppositifolia. 

 Genista Scorpius. Hepatica Americana. Dondia epipactus. Orobus ver- 



* It must be borne in mind by the American floriculturist that the times 

 and seasons here referred to are those of England, and will be found not pre 

 cisely to correspond with the precise times of planting in any one part of the 

 United States. 



