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Brown Purfile* 



Early Blush. 



Golden Lotus. 



Quilled Purfile. 



Starry Purfile. 



Park's Small Yellow. 



Quilled Yellow. 



Semidouble Quilled Pale Orange, 



Two Coloured Red. 



Curled Buff, or Salmon. 



Large Lilac, 



Late Pale Purfile. 



Late Quilled Pur file. 



Tasselled Lilac. 



Tasselled Yellow. 



Two Coloured Incurved 



Yellow Waralah. 



All the varieties of the Chrysanthemum are of the easiest 

 culture, and will flourish in any common soil uninjured by 

 the rigours of winter ; and the plants may be divided in the 

 spring into as many as there are shoots, each of which will 

 take root with ease, and form in its turn a large plant in the 

 following autumn. The neatest plants, however, are ob- 

 tained by planting the cuttings in June in the common way : 

 these will quickly strike root, become handsome and 

 bushy, and produce abundance of flowers the same season. 

 The advantage of these is, that the plants are low set, and 

 not so tall and straggling as those reared in the usual 

 manner. 



Carnations. In European gardens Carnations are gene- 

 rally kept in pots, but in the United States they are com- 

 monly planted in the open ground. In the northern states, 

 it is also customary to protect them during the winter season 

 by small boxes, each with a light at the top, or to transplant 

 them in the month of October, and cover them with common 

 hot-bed frames. In removing them, as much earth as pos- 

 sible should be retained to the roots ; they should be mode- 

 rately watered immediately after removal, and occasionally 

 afterwards, until perfectly established. The glasses should 

 not be placed over them until the weather becomes severe, 

 and then they will require to be frequently aired during fine 

 weather. The principal care requisite is to guard them 

 against the effect of wet and dampness. In April the plants 



