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spring from their native spots in this vicinity 

 for sale ; the purchasers generally select the 

 largest and finest, of course the oldest speci- 

 mens, for which the highest price is paid. They 

 then wonder they will not grow. If such were 

 planted in a moist shady spot and headed down 

 they might have a fair chance of surviving, but 

 younger plants would be far preferable. 



Hardy herbaceous plants, the ornament of 

 the open garden in summer, if kept in pots can 

 be transplanted at any time of the year. The 

 nursery men who would make a practice of 

 keeping them in this state, would sell many to 

 their summer visiters, who are delighted with 

 the specimens seen in flower, but afterwards 

 forget them. 



Manures. 



This subject is difficult to reduce to the few 

 observations permitted by the size of this work. 



The purpose of manure is to supply those 

 juices and gases to the roots of plants, of which 

 the soil has been exhausted by their previous 

 action — and in proportion to the quantity of 

 this supply will plants acquire luxuriance or 

 remain weak. Plants differ however in their 

 capacity of thriving on manure. Vines, roses. 



