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though I had ordered from the florist at Flushing a 

 dozen different colors, he had determined that one 

 kind would answer my purposes. There were a few 

 of the exquisite bellis perennis Hortensis, more gen 

 erally known as daisies. But of all my treasures, 

 the most numerous of any one kind was a great vari 

 ety of verbenas, which I had raised from seed, and 

 which had sported into every variety of color, except 

 as Weeville once said when he was in an envious 

 mood a handsome one ; but tastes differ. 



These valuable plants must be protected during 

 the winter, and preparations had to be made to in 

 sure their being turned into the beds the ensuing 

 spring in healthy condition. To this end it was nec 

 essary to add to the books of reference. To &quot; Breck s 

 Book of Flowers,&quot; and Band s &quot; Work on the Gar 

 den,&quot; which I already possessed, I added Beust s 

 &quot;Flower Garden Directory;&quot; Leuchar s &quot;How to 

 Build Hot-houses ;&quot; Todd s &quot; Young Farmer s Man 

 ual;&quot; Fuller s &quot;Small Fruit Culturist;&quot; Warder s 

 &quot;American Pomology;&quot; Dr. Chase s &quot;Recipes, or 

 Information for Every Body;&quot; Mead s &quot;American 

 Grape Culture,&quot; besides a number of others equally 

 learned and abstruse, in addition to subscribing for 

 the American Agriculturist, I put my name down 

 for the Farmer s Friend, and the American Farm,- 



