236 AMERICAN GARDENER, 



ones. The old. root, young ones and all, are put 



away in a dry place, out of reach of severe frost, 



till spring. Then, when you plant the old one 



out to blow again, you take off the young ones 



and plant them also. They do not blow the first 



} ( ar, and, if weak, not "the second. But, in 



, they do ; and then they produce offsets. 



is the way the Hyacinth is multiplied. It 



ne and fragrant flow er ; it blows early, and 



'ow well even in glasses in a room ; but 



better in earth. A fine flower for a green- house, 



where it would be out in full bloom while the 



snow was on the ground. 



358. JASMIN. Has the merit of a very de- 

 lightful smell, and that only. Its leaf and flow- 

 er are magnificent. It climbs, however, and is 

 good to cover bowers. It is easily raised from 

 cuttings. See Paragraph 275. 



359. JONQUIL. An elegant and sweet smel- 

 ling bulbous rooted plant. Propagated, and cul- 

 tivated in all respects, like the Hyacinth, which 

 see. 



360. KALMIA. An evergreen shrub of great 

 beauty, and of several varieties, great quantities 

 of which are seen in most of the rocky woodlands 

 of this country. 



351. KILL-CALF. Mentioned in Paragraph 

 328, which see. It is a dwarf shrub, and may 

 be raised from seed, or from suckers. It is very 

 pretty. When in bloom it resembles a large 

 clump of Sweet Williams. It is so pretty that 

 it is worth having in the green-house, where 

 it would blow, probably in April, in Long 

 Island, 



