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in such case, plant at any time in beds, or detached groups, 

 through the borders, keeping each kind separate. 



(Enotheras. The most of them are indigenous, and in 

 Europe they afford a continual ornament to the flower-garden 

 from April to November; but in our gardens they are entirelv 

 neglected. By rejecting these and many others, our flower- 

 gardens are deprived both of much beauty and interest they 

 migh f easily possess. The herbaceous sorts delight in light, 

 rich soil. (E. odor&ta, sweet-scented (E. macrocdrpa ; <E. 

 media : (E. latifibra ; (E. Frazeri ; (E. specibsa ; (E. mis- 

 souriensis, and (E. pdllida ; are all fine, native, herbaceous 

 plants, mostly with large yellow, four-petalled corollas; in 

 bloom from May to September. 



Phlox, another American genus, and one of the most 

 handsome in cultivation. It consists of elegant border flow- 

 ers, valuable for flowering early, and during the whole sea- 

 son, even till frost. While the majority of plants blooming 

 late in the season are generally syngenesious, with yellow 

 flowers, these delight us with their lively colours of purple, 

 red, white, and striped. A collection of them, properly 

 attended to, would of themselves constitute a beautiful flower- 

 garden. It will be difficult to state which are the finest ; but 

 the following are select varieties : Antagonist, white ; alba 

 kermosine, white pink tube; Astrea, marbled white and lilac; 

 Comtesse de Chambord, white carmine eye; Deprcssa, rose; 

 Madam Aubin, lilac and white ; Madam Henderson, change- 

 able white, violet, or striped ; Mrs. Barton, pure white, large 

 flower, fine habit; Niobe, shaded lilac; specibsa, tall crimson; 

 stolonifera, bluish lilac; subuldta, pink dark eye, creeping; 

 The Standard, bright red; Van Ilouttii, striped. In tht 

 spring of 1831, an eminent British collector* exclaimed, on 

 seeing a patch of P. subuldta in one of the pine barrens of 

 New Jersey, " The beauty of that alone is worth coming to 

 America to see ; it is so splendid." Most of the species de- 

 light in a rich, light, sandy loam. When the plants become 

 large, they ought to be divided, and planted in fresh ground. 



Primulas, Primrose. To this genus belong the celebrated 

 Cowslip, Oxslip, Primrose, and the esteemed Auricula, 

 The double varieties of Primrose have originated from P 

 vulgaris. These are such as carry their flowers on separate 



* Mr. Drummond. 



