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eight inches of the point of each of the young shoots ; pot them 

 as soon as they are well rooted in compost No. 1 or 4, pages 

 443, 444, and keep them regularly watered, and a fine show of 

 blossom may be expected with a moderate growth of stem. The 

 stems from which the cuttings were taken will also branch 

 and blossom in their season. 



3. BAPTISIA, Indigo-plant, Baptisia atro-cerulea. One of 

 the most beautiful of native herbaceous plants, taking care of 

 itself when once planted ; two feet high. 



4. BLOODROOT, Sanguinaria Americana. A well-known 

 wild plant, with clear white flower and pretty foliage, bloom- 

 ing in the earliest spring. It should have a cool, moist place 

 in every garden, where such can be found. It is tuberous- 

 rooted. 



5. COLUMBINE, Wild, Garden, Aquilegia Canadensis, Vul- 

 garis glandulosa, &c. All the varieties of Aquilegia are pret- 

 ty, but none prettier than the wild, unless the Glandulosa, with 

 its calyx-skirt of sky-blue covering a pure white " dimity" co- 

 rolla, may be thought to excel it. The Aguilegia Siberica also 

 is a rather peculiar variety, yielding its erect crimped double 

 blue flowers profusely. From a foot to two feet high ; self-sow- 

 ing in the fall. 



6. COWSLIP, AMERICAN, Dodecatheon media. An early- 

 flowering, lettuce- leaved plant of much prettiness ; a native of 

 Pennsylvania and the Southwest ; flower - stems about six 

 inches high. 



7. CHINESE DIELYTRA, Dielytra spectabilis. A new, beau- 

 tiful, and perfectly hardy Chinese plant, with curious rose-col- 

 ored flowers. It is of the very easiest cultivation, blooming in 

 early spring, and may be continued in succession through the 

 season by slipping off a few cuttings from the crown of the 

 plant in April, May, and June, or even July ; the later ones 

 may be potted for house-blooming. About two feet high ; it 

 will become a universal favorite. 



8. DAY LILY, White, Yellow, Blue, Hemerocallis japonica, 

 flava, cerulea. The first pure white, the second clear lem- 

 on-yellow, and both of exquisite fragrance. The blue is not 

 fragrant, but is admired. From a foot to two feet high. 



