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of our Union. All that any applicant for trees, &c.j has to 

 do, is to inform the nursery proprietor the best route for 

 transmission, and what portion is land carriage, and he will 

 manage the details accordingly. Many persons, residing in 

 states south of us, have also very erroneous notions as to the 

 suitable seasons for transmitting trees and plants to them. 

 The months of January and February are perfectly safe for 

 forwarding trees and shrubbery as far south as Charleston, 

 and November to January, to New Orleans. The period for 

 transplantation commences here the 1st October, and extends 

 to the 1st May, for the different sections of our country. 

 Trees do not advance materially in vegetation here until the 

 middle of April, and it matters not how far advanced they 

 may be at the places where they are planted, even if it were 

 mid-summer, provided they are sent from a place where 

 vegetation is dormant, and the voyage not so long as to start 

 their growth on the passage. Grape vines being very late 

 in vegetating, may be safely transported a month later than 

 the period named for trees. Roses are very retentive of life, 

 and may be transported in safety during the whole period 

 that they are in a dormant state ; and potted plants may be 

 transported in the pots, or turned out and well mossed around 

 the roots, at all seasons of the year. Greenhouse plants can 

 be sent safely throughout the year. Dahlias, bulbous roots, 

 and herbaceous plants, from October to May, inclusive. 

 Flushing, Feb. 6th, 1846. 



[Around Boston, vegetation does not commence until nearly 

 a fortnight later than around New York, and in many sea- 

 sons, trees and plants may be safely transplanted till the 

 middle of May— -Ed.] 



Art, V, Some remarks on the cultivation of the Phlox., with 

 descriptions of twenty-four new and beautiful varieties. 

 By the Editor. 



The Phlox is exclusively an American family ; not a single 

 species, we believe, having been found in any other part of 



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