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and at Mr. Veitche's Nursery, at Chelsea, I have 

 seen it in a sheltered nook, where it has grown for 

 some quarter of a century, flowering abundantly 

 about August. E. herbacea is also well worthy of 

 attention. 



From the numbers of these plants which I saw 

 for Sale in nursery gardens on the Continent, parti- 

 cularly at Marseilles, at low prices, and the facility 

 of growing them from seed and cuttings, no ordinary 

 flower-garden need long be without one. 



I may also suggest for such places varieties of 

 Lilies and liliaceous plants, of Acanthus and Saxi- 

 frage, and Anemones, of Campanula, of Mimulus, and 

 Primroses, and Gentians, of Gladiolus, and Dahlia. 

 And for late autumn, approaching winter, Chrysan- 

 themums are invaluable, as are Hellebores and Christ- 

 mas Hoses, of which now there are many kinds 

 amongst us, for the close of winter and entrance of 

 spring. Already the Japan primroses, whose intro- 

 duction into this country made quite a sensation in 

 the gardening world, are in tens of thousands from 

 seed and offsets ; and seem to be even more valuable 

 for outdoor growth than for the conservatory or gar- 

 den frame. 



And all we have now spoken of, and much more, 

 may be accomplished with but little skill, if taste 

 exist, and reasonable attention be paid to aspect, air, 

 light, water and cleanliness, and to watching against 

 snails, slugs and such-like visitors ; and in some 

 places against cats, dire foes to town-gardening. 



