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Pentstemon ovktum, difFusum pubescens, and r^seum, Gall- 

 lairdia aristata and bicolor, Phlox maculata, bimaculata, glome- 

 rata, disticha, sauveolens, and ovata Listomdna ; all beautiful, 

 particularly so the latter : Potentilla reptans flore pleno, charm- 

 ing for rock work ; Papaver orientahs and bracteatum ; splendid 

 plants : jDelphinium sinensis flore pleno, maximum fl. pi., and 

 elegans fl. pi. ; among the most splendid of the perennials, and 

 growing without the least care : D. elatum, and exaltatum, both 

 ornamental for their tall growth and long spikes of blossoms : 

 (Spirse^a filipendula, and filipendula fl. pleno, highly showy and 

 elegant : J5ictamnus albus, Veronica latifolia and caucasica : 

 Valeriana rubra. Campanula aggregata, pumila, eliptica, and 

 medium, of both colors, blue and white ; the former species is 

 quite new and exceedingly beautiful : Eschscholtzia californica, 

 Astrantia major. Lychnis Flos Jovis, Lupinus polyphylius, /So- 

 phora australis, foxgloves, purple and white, sweet-williams, 

 pinks and carnations ; Lihum spectabile, TYis siberica, and He- 

 merocallis flava. Of shrubs, beside the rose, are the guelder 

 rose (Viburnum O'pulus), and Robinia hispida, (S'pirse^a 

 bella, the snowberry and syringas (Philadelphus coronarius and 

 grandiflorus) . 



Among the paeonies, the most magnificent display their gor- 

 geous blossoms this month ; such as P. albiflora Whitlejn, 

 Humei and fragrans ; officinalis albicans, rubra and atroriibens, 

 and pai'adoxica fimbriata : P. Reevesrdna is very splendid, but 

 is quite rare ; no plants can surpass in splendor these species 

 and varieties ; they will grow in any situation, and are valuable 

 to set in shady places and under trees, where but few other plants 

 will flourish ; in these habitations they retain their flowers in 

 beauty a much greater length of time than when grown in places 

 exposed to the sun. We had almost forgot to mention, that 

 foxgloves possess this same excellent quality ; we have seen 

 them with flower-spikes from five to six feet high, under the 

 shade and drip of trees, where the sun could not penetrate. Of 

 our indigenous plants the cypripediums are exceedingly hand- 

 some, and deserve a place in every garden. Single and double 

 Scotch roses come into bloom the earhest ; after these the cin- 

 namon roses (Rosa cinnamomea), and, successively, the old 

 white, province, and damask, with all their innumerable varieties. 

 The best sorts of hardy chmbing roses are the Rosa rubra and 

 nibifolia, the double Ayrshire, and the old and new crimson 

 Boursaidt, the latter of which is superb. 



The same observations which we made in our last relative to 

 turning plants into the border, from the green-house or pit, if 

 either is attached to the garden, apply to the different operations 

 this month as well as in the last. As soon as the perennials 

 have done flowering, cut away the dried-up stems, and many 



