58 FLOWER-GARDENING. 



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thrown out in the Introduction to our Catalogue. Some shrubs 

 and vines will need a summer pruning, merely to thin out 

 young shoots, superfluous wood, etc., and to train straggling 

 branches. 



THE CULTIVATION OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS- 

 ROOTED PLANTS. 



These plants exhibit a striking variety of the beauties of 

 Nature. It would seem as if every change she is capable of 

 forming was included in the radiant colors of the Tulip. 

 Never was a cup either painted or enamelled with such a pro- 

 fusion of tints. Its stripes are so glowing, its contrasts so 

 strong, and the arrangement of them both so elegant and artful, 

 that it may, with propriety, be denominated the reigning beauty 

 of the garden in its season. The Hyacinth is also an estima- 

 ble flower for its blooming complexion, as well as for its most 

 agreeable perfume and variety. 



The Double Dahlia, in its numerous varieties, is inconceiva- 

 bly splendid* It was only at the latter part of the eighteenth 

 century that the first of these, which were single, were intro- 

 duced into Europe from Mexico. 



Double Dahlias of three colors were first known in the year 

 1 802, and since that time the varieties have increased so rapidly, 

 that those which a few years ago were considered beautiful are 

 now thrown away to give place to the more beautiful sorts. I 

 have good authority for stating that upwards of twenty thou- 

 sand seedlings are raised yearly in England, only a few of 

 which are introduced into the collections of amateurs, to take 

 the place of such old sorts as may from time to time be reject 

 ed. This is done, in order that none but the very choicest may 

 be retained in such collections. 



In some gardens in Holland, they cultivate, by distinct names, 

 about eleven hundred varieties of Tulips, thirteen hundred of 



