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lemon yellow ; King, pale rose ] Perfection^ lilac ; Queetif 

 blush; Triumj)ha7iff buff and white; Wm. Penn, large 

 creamy white, yellow and red; Indica rubra, very dwarf 

 early red ; Angelina, rose ; Beauty, lilac ; Empress, pink ; 

 Na'poleon, crimson ; Mrs. Cope, crimson purple ; Mrs. Cam- 

 erson, bronze. To grow these in perfection, they require rich 

 light soil ; and about the end- of this month the roots should 

 be lifted, divided, and planted into fresh soil, either by giving 

 them a new situation, or changing the earth they were in. 

 Two or three stems together are quite sufficient. The flow- 

 ers, by the above treatment, will be much larger, more 

 double, and finer in color ; where they are wanted to grow 

 low and bushy, top them in June, but not later than the 

 first of July. Where the soil is rich, and the plant having 

 only one stem, by topping it, makes a beautiful bush. Tkey 

 are in flower from the first of October until severe frost; 

 thus beautifying our gardens at a season when they would 

 be destitute of one single attraction. If the season be dry, 

 to water them with liquid manure will add to their vigor. 

 They are all natives of China, and greatly esteemed by the 

 Chinese, who only allow a few blooms to come out on the 

 top of each stem, thereby having the flowers much finer. 



Within these few years, hundreds of varieties of this 

 winter flower have been produced from seed in Europe; 

 many of them very superb, having more luxuriant foliage 

 and greater diversity of color. 



Clematis, Virgin's-bower. A few species are good herba- 

 ceous plants, of upright growth and blue flowers, C. integri- 

 folia; C. angustifolia ; and C. ericta ; they grow best in 

 light soil. 



Coreopsis, chiefly native plants, and free-flowering; color 

 principally yellow ; flowers rayed. C. tenuifblia, C. verti- 

 cilldta, C. discolor, and C tripteris, are the finest of the genus, 

 and will grow in any common garden soil. 



Ddpliiniumns. There are some showy border flowers of 

 these, of strong growth. The leaves are much divided ; the 

 flowers in terminal spikes ; color blue, purple, pink, white 

 and yellow, with various shades. D. granclifldrum, and its 

 varieties, are the best of the genus. D. intermedium, and 

 its varieties, D. eldtum. Bee Larkspur, from the ringent 

 part of the flower being very like a bee, and D. montd- 

 num, are good varieties, and easily cultivated. When the 

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