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and single althaeas are the only ones of much beauty: of herba- 

 ceous plants are if ibiscus palustris and militaris, the former ex- 

 ceedingly showy: Cassia marylandica, Helianthus altissimusy 

 multiflorus and multiflorus var. flore pleno; the three last very 

 ornamental: Rudbeckudasciniuta and purpurea, Jl'siev Novae A'n- 

 glae and siberica, Kitaibelia vitifolia, Gaillardia aristiita and 

 bicolor, and Monarda didyma: Coreopsis Atkinsonidwa, tripte- 

 ris, tenuifolia, lanceolata and verticillata: Veronica exaltata, 

 Dracocephalum altaiense and virginianum, Camjianula carpatica 

 and pyraraidalis; the latter species quite hardy and beautiful: 

 Delphinium sinensis, exaltatum, elatum and elegans flore pleno; 

 all these are very desirable plants, particularly so the first and 

 last ones : Gilia coronopifoha. Lychnis chalcedonica flore 

 pleno coccinea and fl. pi. alba, i?eseda odorata var. frutescens, 

 Lobelia cardinalis, fulgens, syphilitica, splendens and speciosa, 

 and Funkia subcordata: Potentilla Hopwoodidna, Mayidna, 

 Russelh'dna and nepalensis; all very desirable plants in a collec- 

 tion: Tagetes lucida, Pentstemon ovatum, roseum, pulchellum, 

 and digitahs; all the pentstemons are among the finest plants of 

 the garden: of phloxes, P. cordata, decussata alba, corymbosa, 

 and latifolia, are in elegant bloom, with their first flowers, as they 

 are late kinds: and P. pyramidaJis alba, p. rubra, p. purpurea 

 and p. pumila, Sheperdi, americana, roseum, Wheeleridna, and 

 some others, are now displaying very fine clusters of flowers for 

 a second crop, the old flower-stems having been cut off as soon 

 as they had faded; no tribe of hai'dy perennials is more orna- 

 mental throughout summer than this; there has not been a day, 

 since the first flowers opened on that pretty vernal species, P. 

 stolonifera, up to the moment we are now writing (October), 

 but we have had in our garden from two to ten different kinds in 

 bloom at once; some excellent hints in regard to the cultivation 

 of this genus will be found at p. 361. The Chinese imperial 

 pink (Dianthus chinensis), and the superb pink, still continues 

 in flower: Eschscholtzia californica and crocea, ^tatice lat- 

 ifoha, Gmelina and scoparia, Gentidna saponaria, Valeri- 

 ana rubra, Lathy rus grandiflorus, Stevia purpurea, and Cel- 

 sia cretica also continue to bloom very beautifully; Chelone 

 barbata and Lyont are very elegant. Gladiolus natalensis, 

 Tradescantia virginica and flore pleno rubro, Commelina coeles- 

 tis, Agapanthus umbellatus, tiger flowers, tuberoses and tiger 

 HHes yet remain in fine bloom, or, if planted at different periods 

 in the spring, some will now be in their greatest splendor. All 

 the salvias, Ferbena chamaedrifolia, snap-dragons, &c., also yet 

 display a good succession of flowers. Bignonm radicans, and 

 the trumpet honeysuckle, are in flower. The snowberry is now 

 very handsome, with every branchlet terminated with a cluster of 

 snow-white berries, which, from their weight, give a pendant habit 



