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of plants will be produced than the first season ; and, 

 what is more remarkable, they will issue from vari- 

 ous parts of the stem, where no trace of a bud was pre- 

 viously indicated." 



This variety should be kept in a pit in this coun- 

 try, during the winter, and when the flower buds are 

 ready to expand should be brought into the green-house, 

 or parlor, to perfect them, which makes a magnificent 

 show. After their flowering season is over, they may 

 be placed out of doors for the remainder of the sea- 

 son. 



The best varieties of this species are the Moutan 

 Banksii, a pink color, very large and double, and beau- 

 tiful in appearance ; and the M. papaveracea, poppy 

 flowered. The flowers of the latter are single, white, 

 with a purple centre, and very magnificent, although sin- 

 gle. The other varieties are fine, but the above are con- 

 sidered the best by florists. 



PETUNIA. 



" Some, more aspiring, catch the neighbor shrub 

 With clasping tendrils, and insert his branch, 

 Else unadorned, with many a gay festoon, 

 And fragrant chaplet ; recompensing well 

 The strength they borrow with the grace they lend." 



This is a beautiful flowering plant, biennial in duration, 

 and branching ; leaves elliptical, smooth edge, of a light and 



