404 Calendar of Plants and Shrubs 



time, there has been a constant display of beautiful flowers. 

 On some of the plants there were upwards of thirty fine blos- 

 soms. 



If the seeds of asters were sown late in May or even in June, 

 and the plants treated in the same manner, I have no doubt but 

 what their flowering might be prolonged until late in autumn, and 

 they would then be desirable for the parlor, giving it a gay ap- 

 pearance, when, generally, at that season, few plants are to be 



seen in bloom. ^- 



lours, 



Cambridge, October 1, 1836. S. Sweetser. 



Art. III. Calendar of Plants and Shrubs in bloom f^om the 

 month of May to October, inclusive. By the Conductors. 



The dahlias will flower profusely this month, and the finest 

 blooms of the season generally expand during the earlier part of 

 it — later, the plants are exhausted from their exuberance of flow- 

 ers, and they are apt to open less full of petals, and often show a 

 yellow disk. The best time, therefore, for showing the finest 

 blooms, is from the first to the middle of September. 



Perpetual roses, of which we made mention in our last, will 

 bloom more profusely as the weather becomes cooler. We have 

 had many fine flowers expand during this month. The old china 

 monthly roses will now flower profusely, if the roots are growing 

 in a good rich soil. 



The garden yet wears a gay character where there is a judi- 

 cious selection of perennial and annual flowers. Double asters 

 are truly superb, and flowering as they do, constantly, from Au- 

 gust until November, must be considered as one of the most 

 brilliant ornaments of the garden. Petunias, dahlias, &c. in pots, 

 will be in full beauty at this time; Ferbena chamaedrifolia, plants 

 of, in pots, will be now elegantly in bloom; patches of it planted 

 in a warm aspect and in a rich light soil, will also now present a 

 glittering display of flowers, too vivid to look upon. This httle 

 gem of the garden should not be planted where it will be over- 

 shadowed by the foliage of tall plants, nor be encroached upon 

 by more humble ones: it should be allowed plenty of room, and 

 the trailing stems should be pegged down into the soil every three 

 or four inches. 



September. — Few shrubs now remain in flower; the double 



