SMALL FRUIT CULTURE. 619 



pink flowers ; it is easily cultivated from suckers or layers. The 

 syringa should be grown in every yard, both for its pure white 

 blossoms and its fragrance. It will grow from cuttings in any 

 good garden soil. The lilac, spirea, woodbine, and honeysuckle 

 are all worthy of a general cultivation, which can readily be 

 done, as they require but little care if properly planted in the be- 

 ginning. The gladiolus, dahlia, tulip, and like flowers require 

 more care, as the bulbs must be taken up in the fall, and re- 

 planted in the spring ; but their beauty warrants the use of 

 some time that might otherwise be wasted. The bulbs are 

 taken up as soon as the frost touches the plant and kept dry on 

 a shelf in a cool place, or by packing in dry sand ; and about the 

 first of May should be brought out and sprouted in a warm 

 spot, when the tubers should be divided. Each tuber that has 

 a bud will bear a plant. They should be planted out in groups 

 three and a half inches deep, and a stake driven beside them, to 

 which they should be trained. 



The peony is hardy, and requires only to be covered with 



I straw through the winter to put forth vigorously on the first 



( approach of spring. The althea or hollyhock, is a neglected 



i but beautiful plant, we think more desirable than the dahlia. 



,:! The seed should be sown in May, one-half an inch deep, and 



when the plants have put out six or eight leaves, transplanted. 



By saving and planting the seed of the double varieties, a mass 



of beautiful flowers of many colors is produced every season. 



China asters are to be highly recommended. The ground for 



these, as for all flowers, should be dag deep and well manured. 



They are sown in beds from the first to the tenth of May, and 



come into bloom in August. 



The verbena is the most beautiful of all garden flowers for 

 massing in beds ; it is however difficult to keep through winter. 

 We can only name a few of the many plants included in the 



