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8<.<.u cover the ground. They like a warm aspect, of Phlox Droinmondii. They can be sown in a 

 and will flourish in the dryest soil. hot-bed, or cold frame and transplanted, or aowu 



The Ten-Week Stock is a beautiful, and every 

 WHv desiral)le flower. It grows from a foot to 

 eighteen inches high, with a stiff, branching stem. 



OBRHA.K TEN-WEEK STOCK. • 



The plants can be transplanted when young, but if 

 allowed to grow muc'h after they have shown the 

 third pair of leaves, are liable to injury by removal. 



Golden Bartonia is a brilliant California flower. 

 The inside of the petals have a metalic lustre, so 

 much 60, that in the language of Dr. Lindlky, " one 

 would think they must be composed of something 

 more solid and enduring than the delicate and per- 

 ishing tissues of a flower." The seed should bo 

 sown in a moist soil, and in a sheltered spot, as the 

 plants are liable to be broken by the wind. They 

 are very difficult to transplant. 



We know of nothiiig more beautiful than a bed 



PHLOX DRUMMONDH. 



in the open grojind where they are intended to 

 remain. 

 Coreopsis, Sweet Elisium, Mourning Bride and 



CANDYTCFT. 



Candytuft, are general favorites, and deserve tobe- 

 Mignonette is an old favorite with every lady. 

 Itfi fragrance is delicious. Sow in rows, a foot 

 apart. 



