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are the months when the appetite for floral beauty is apt to be most active. 

 If we should set forth in full the means by which it may be gratified, we 

 should be compelled to convert our article into a descriptive list, so numer- 

 ous, though so little known, are the plants available to this end. We 

 allude now to perennials. 



A large number of flowering shrubs, better known to the general culti- 

 vator, should also be included, — tree paeonies, halesias, viburnums, cytisus, 

 hardy rhododendrons and azaleas, hawthorns, Wistarias, Philadelphus, 

 lilacs, and many more ; not forgetting the beautiful Ccrcis Canadensis, blush- 

 ing with its innumerable rosy blossoms. Francis Parkman. 



Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



Cestrum Aurantiacum. — This plant will flower most freely if it be 

 planted in a compost of turfy loam two-thirds, leaf-mould one-third, and 

 sharp sand one-sixth, either in a greenhouse border or in a pot. It may 

 be trained to a pillar, roof, or wall, its shoots being thinned so as to have 

 plenty of air and light ; and no creepers or other plants should shade it. If 

 thus treated, it will flower freely in autumn and winter. It is one of the sweet- 

 est and handsomest plants for the pillars of greenhouses or conservatories ; 

 but it will not flower without plenty of air and light, and its roots being 

 rather cramped or confined. Do not stop the shoots ; for it blooms from 

 their points : keep it well supplied with water ; and afford occasional appli- 

 cations of manure-water at intervals, especially if the root-room be small, 

 not only when it is growing, but flowering. After blooming, ke6p the plant 

 dry for a month or six weeks ; then prune it rather closely ; and, when the new 

 shoots appear, thin out the weakest ; top-dressing with rich soil if in a border, 

 or repotting if it is in a pot. Afterwards keep rather close and moist, also 

 shaded for a few days, until the roots are working in the fresh soil. Keep it 

 well supplied wath water, and encourage growth by frequent syringing ; then 

 lessen the supply of water, but not so as to cause the leaves to turn yellow, 

 and fall ; expose fully to air and light, and you will find the shoots thicken at 

 their points. When the shoots commence to show bloom, water freely, and 

 afford a supply of liquid manure once a week. — Cottage Gardena\ 



