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by October; but if planted in the latter part of June they will be 

 neat and showy ornaments of the garden. 



Veronica spicata var. pumila. A neat dwarf variety, with 

 spikes of deep blue flowers. As late as the date we have re- 

 ference to, several plants were full of flower spikes. The old 

 faded flower stems should be cut ofl!", and the plants will bloom 

 better. 



Antirrhinum speciosum. A species extremely showy after 

 severe frosts; its slender stems, from one to two feet his;h, are 

 terminated with a spike of bright purple blossoms, which remain 

 in perfection a long time. Patches of it in our garden have 

 flowered profusely. 



Chrysanthemums. Both of the kinds, the white and yellow, 

 are handsome, and if very double, contribute greatly to the deco- 

 ration of the garden. Large plants (Oct. 20th,) were full of 

 flowers. 



Phloxes. Several species and varieties of phloxes, if the main 

 flower stems have been cut off after the blossoms have faded, 

 will send up an abundance of axillary shoots, which will continue 

 to bloom very late. At this date we had a great many species 

 in flower. 



Pansies. All the fine varieties of this charming flower bloom 

 beautifully at this season. We had several named varieties with 

 superior specimens on them. The cool weather is favorable to 

 their growth. During the sultry days of July and August they 

 flower very inferior to what they do in .Tune and October. A 

 bed of fine ones is a grand ornament all the autumn, until the 

 snow covers the ground. 



Mignonette and siveet allyssum are two of the most odoriferous 

 plants the garden afibrds; and they bloom profusely, uninter- 

 rupted by frosts which destroy most other plants. Beds of them 

 are invaluable. 



We have enumerated these few plants as the most prominent 

 ones of real beauty in the open garden at this season of the year. 

 There are others, which often bloom well in favorable autumns, 

 but few which would have lived through the severe frosts of 

 this year. A choice garden, containing patches of the above 

 plants, would present as gay a display as it would in the month of 

 June. We hope more attention will be given to the appearance 

 of the garden in autumn; too often, after the first cool weather, 

 it is suffered to run to weeds and neglect. A little care and la- 

 bor will make it interesting until the frost shall have closed the 

 ground so that vegetation cannot proceed. 



