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RANUNCULUS AND ANEMONE. 



The frames of Ranuculus and Anemone must have plenty 

 of air, and give frequent sprinklings of water. The sashes 

 or shutters should be taken entirely off every mild day, and 

 in fine nights leave them exposed to the dew. Stir the earth 

 among them, breaking it fine, and making all neat and clean. 

 They require liberal supplies of water after they begin to 

 grow. 



ROSES. 



This is the most favorable month for planting all kinds 

 of garden roses, which must be done as soon as the weather 

 opens, and the ground in a proper state. The earlier they 

 are planted the more perfect they will flower. Never delay 

 planting when there is an opportunity; for, if delayed until 

 the leaves are expanded, the bloom will be much weakened, 

 and the probability is there will be no flowers, and the 

 plants meet with a premature death. It has been said, 

 ''There is a particular advantage in planting some every ten 

 days, even to the middle of May; for the flowering of them 

 may be retarded in this way, and the bloom of these delight- 

 ful shrubs continue for a much longer period." One mo- 

 ment's reflection will convince us that nature, while in her 

 own element, will not be retarded, suppose there was no 

 danger of instantaneous death to the plants. The artificial 

 means that might be judiciously adopted, with which we are 

 acquainted, to keep back the blooming of hardy plants, is to 

 lift them as soon in spring as is practicable, put them in 

 boxes of earth, and then place them in the dryest part of an 

 ice-house, until the desired time of planting, which may be 

 delayed as long as the required time of flowering. This will 

 be found a true method of retarding the flowering of roses 

 especially, and not going counter to the rules and principles 

 of nature. There are many beautiful varieties of the garden 

 rose in cultivation, the names of the finest of which we will 

 give in the following catalogue : — 



African black, very dark crimson, compact and very double. 

 Belle amabile, fine dark red, large and double. 



