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into the open ground. These will often display per- 

 fections which they conceal when confined within 

 the narrow boundary of a pot ; but to avoid risk, 

 you should devote to this experimental purpose, only 

 such as are of easy propagation and quick growth, 

 and such as can readily be replaced. Some of those 

 best adapted to this purpose are Pelargoniums and 

 Geraniums, Heliotropiums, Calceolarias, Fuchsias, 

 Salvias, Verbenas, Lotus, Lychnis, Aurantia, Mimu- 

 lus, Jacobea Lily, Cinerarias, Malvias, Bouvardia, 

 Maurandia, Barclayana, Tropaeolum, Polygalis, Me- 

 Jaleucas, Arctotis, Alonsoa, Ficoides, Schizanthus, 

 &c. &c. ; all these will thrive in any ordinary gar- 

 den soil, and if tastefully disposed, will produce a 

 very brilliant effect. The Pelargoniums alone, will 

 in themselves, show an infinite variety of colors, as 

 they are extremely numerous. Indeed, where the 

 collection of plants is considerable, it is no easy mat- 

 ter, at all times, to find room for them ; and therefore 

 the more dwarfish and neatest should be preserved 

 in the green-house, while those of larger dimensions 

 occupy halls, hot-beds, and spare rooms ; with the 



Erecaution of preserving them through the winter 

 om frost and continued damp, and watering them 

 with moderation and regularity, they may present 

 at this season a very healthy appearance. Of all the 

 showy sorts mentioned, it is difficult to make a selec- 

 tion. I must, however, particularize some : the Sal- 

 via fulgens, and the Verbena melindris : the former 

 is a strong growing plant, from three to four feet in 

 height, the latter an humble spreading one, not more 

 than six inches high ; both of them, throughout the 

 season, are clothed with spikes or heads of scarlet 

 flower of the richest hue. Then there are the Sal- 

 via chamcedryoides, of a beautiful sky blue ; Lo- 

 belia gracilis, blue ; Alonsoa, .scarlet ; Bouvardia, 



