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there are eight sorts of the annual Stock. Of the 

 biennials , there are the Bromjiton, of which 

 there are the Scar let ', and the White ; the Dutch , 

 which is Red ; the Queen's, of which there are 

 the Red and the White ; and the Twickenham, 

 which is Purple. As to propagation, it is, of 

 course, by seed only. If there be nothing but. 

 the natural gi'ound to rely on, the sowing must 

 be early ; the earth very fine and very rich. - 

 The seed is small and thin, and does not easily 

 come up in coarse earth. If the plants come up 

 thick, thin them, when very young. And do 

 not leave them nearer together than six inches. 

 They, however, transplant -very 'well ; and tho se 

 that have not place to blow in may be removed, 

 and a succession of bloom is thus secured. If 

 you have a green -house, glass frame, or hand- 

 glass, you get flowers six weeks earlier. The 

 biennials are sown at the same time, and treated 

 in the same way. They blow the second year ; 

 but, if there be great difficulty in preserving 

 them, in the natural ground, through the winter 

 in England, what must it be here ! Indeed, it 

 cannot be done ; and yet, they are so fine ; so 

 lofty ; such masses of beautiful and fragrant 

 flowers ; and they continue so long in bloom, that 

 they are worth any care and any trouble. There 

 is but one way ; the plants, when they get ten 

 or a dozen leaves, must be put into flower-pots. 

 These may be sunk in the earth, in the open 

 ground, till November (Long Island,) and when 

 the sharp frosts come, the pots must be ta- 

 ken up, and placed out of the reach of hard 

 frost, and where there is, however, sun and air. 

 When the spring comes, the pots may be put 



