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till full. They are mostly pi'opfigated by layering or dividing old 



roots. Some few are rairfejd from slips. 



lip, Aconitum, very hardy and showy, but poisonous. 



hp, Bee Larkspur. 



hp, Cardinal Flower. 



bp, Carnations, beautiful winter pot-flowers, propagated by lay- 

 ers or seed. 



hlrp, Chrysanthemum, Indian, should be removed to the house in 

 pots before frosts. •'# 



hp, Campanula pyr.unidalis, produces pyramidal clusters. 



hp, Picoiee, superb pot-flower, by seed or layers. 



hp. Columbine, many colors, fine. '* 



hp. Gentians. 



hp, Hollyhocks, double and single, divers colors, superb. 



hp, London Pride, gorgaous. 



hp, Monkey flower, requires a moist sitution. 



hp. Pea, Everlasting, requires support. 



hp, Phlox, various colored, elegant and showy. 



hp, Pinks, China, Clove, and i'heusant's-eye, fragrant, fine. 



hp, Primrose, beautiful for border or pot. 



hp, Sweet William, very fragrant. 



hp. Valerian, showy border flowers. 



hp, Wall Flower, brilliant. 



Bulbous Roots. — These are general favorites. The 

 beauty of theu' flowers and their agreeable odor make 

 them very popular. The following directions for their 

 culture w6 copy from Mr. Hovey's Catalogue. 



In the Open Ground. — "The proper season for planting all the 

 hardy kinds is during the months of October and November; in 

 favorable seasons they may be planted later; but they will flower 

 stronger if put into the ground not later than the middle of No- 

 vember. They are of the easiest cultivation, and will grow and 

 flower well in any tolerable good garden soil, but flourish best in 

 a light soil, made rich with thoroughly decomposed manure. Let 

 the ground be dug or trenched a good spade deep, and made fine 

 and light — if it is intended to plant the roots in beds, make them 

 about four feet wide, and of any convenient length, and raise them 

 two or three inches above the surrounding paths. Hyacinths, 

 'J'ulips, Lilies, Crown Imperials, Double Narcissus, and Jonquils, 

 should be planted about four inches deep; Crocusses, Snowdrops, 

 Frilillarias and Sj)anish Iris, two inches; English Iris and Poly- 

 anthos Narcissus, six inches, and from six to eight mches apart, 

 each way, when grown in beds. When planted in borders, or on 

 the side^of walks, they look best in clumps or patches, each 

 clump to contain enough roots, rather thickly planted, to produce, 

 when in bloom, a mass of flowers. Hyacinths and Tulips of 

 different colors produce a fine effect, when planted in this manner, 



