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tant parts of the country, undoubtedly, they will but have begun 

 to be known, when their cultivation may have been wholly given 

 up, by nurserymen or amateurs in and around our principal cities, 

 — so slow is the introduction of new things. 



To raise new and superior varieties, large quantities of seeds 

 should be sown every year, saved from the most choice varie- 

 ties, with the assistance of impregnation. There would, then, 

 be some certainty of new kinds. Chance, however, may dis- 

 cover to the zealous planter beautiful new sorts. Phoenicia and 

 some of its varieties are shy seeders. 



Petunias are admirable plants for the green-house or the parlor, 

 l^oung and healthy seedlings, or plants raised from cuttings, now 

 placed in pots, will get well established by winter. In February 

 they will commence growing, and, if trained to neat trellises, 

 there are but few plants which are more attractive. If well man- 

 aged, they flower, with occasional trimming, the whole summer 

 through. 



Leptoslphon androsdceus and densifibrus are two very charming 

 new annuals, which we have before noticed. In a proper soil, 

 which appears to be a deep, fresh, moist loam, they grow into 

 branchy and bushy plants, to the height of twelve or fifteen inch- 

 es, with a great abundance of their lively and various-hued blos- 

 soms. In light, highly manured soil they amount to little or 

 nothing. Like most of the Columbia river annuals, they seem 

 to delight in a new and virgin soil, rather than one rich and 

 prepared. There is a vast difference in growth in the plants 

 upon these different situations. The former will be robust, 

 vigorous, and exceedingly woody; the latter slender, with weak 

 and diminished clusters of blossoms. Mr. Lee, of Brookline, 

 has grown plants to a very great size. Seeds are produced rather 

 sparingly, which will somewhat retard the progress of their gene- 

 ral cultivation. 



JVemophila insignis, which we have previously noticed, is a 

 beautiful plant for small beds. It does not thrive in a very dry 

 situation; but in a good loamy soil it flourishes vigorously, and ex- 

 tends its lateral shoots to the distance of fifteen or eighteen inch- 

 es. The plants should not by any means be crowded together, 

 but should stand, at least, a foot apart: when allowed to run to- 

 gether and intermingle their branches in a thick bed, a great por- 

 tion of the less vigorous shoots damp oft' and disfigure a whole 

 patch. The seed should be planted early, to ensure a good 

 growth. 



There are several other plants, which we intend to offer a few 

 remarks upon; but the great length to which the present article 

 has been extended, prevents us from enumerating them at this 

 time. Previous to another planting season we hope, however, 

 to resume the subject. 



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