272 FLOWEIl GARDEN. 



nials, great quantities of the more liardj Pelargonia, 

 Verben^e, Salvi?e, Fuclisiie, Petunioe, and other genera. 

 Grown in moderate-sized pots, they are kept in reserve 

 in frames or cold vineries during winter. About the 

 end of May, or as soon aa there is. no longer any ap- 

 prehension of injury from £i'Ost, the plants are taken 

 out of the pots and plunged into the open ground, in 

 any warm sunny spot or clump in the flower garden. 

 If the stems be long or naked,, they are pegged to the 

 earth. Towards the middle of July they begin to grow 

 vigorously, and in August or September present, in 

 luxuriance at least, a better specimen of their native 

 vegetation than we- see elsewhere in our gardens. Upon 

 the approach of frost they are, in general, left to their 

 fate, as it is easier to propagate new ones than to pre- 

 serve the old. These plants, with some of the fine new 

 annuals, and the gorgeous Dahlias, .give a splendor to 

 the autumnal flower garden which in former times it did 

 not possess. 



- florists' floaters. . 



This technical appellation has been restricted to cer- 

 tain flowers, which have been especial favorites with 

 florists, and have consequently received a large share 

 of their attention.* Though possessed of great indi- 



* The finest new varieties of florists' flowers, as well as novel- 

 ties in the stri<?tly botanical department, are figured and describ- 

 ed in Harrison's Floriculhiral Cabinet, a cheap monthly periodi- 

 cal, which has a vast circulation in England. While the letter- 

 press is rather deficient in botanical precision, and the engrav- 

 ing sometimes inferior in style of embellishment, it is certain 

 that much useful information may be gleaned fi-ora the work, 



