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These, if sown as soon after being ripe as they are sufficiently dry 

 anil hardened, will vegetate the ensuing spring; but if kept out of 

 the ground till that period, very few of them will come up for a full 

 year after. For the method of sowing the seeds, &c. see the Flower 

 Garden for next month. 



Propagating Fibrous-rooted Perennial Plants. 



Most of the early flowering fibrous-rooted plants, whose flower- 

 stems had been cut down in June or July will, some time in this 

 month, have thrown up new suckers from the roots; then such may 

 be carefully taken oft' and planted in nursery beds; or the whole 

 roots may, towards the end of the month, be taken up and divided 

 into many separate parts, taking care to do it in such a manner as 

 that every plant or part, so separated, may be furnished with roots. 

 Trim or cut oft' from each slip, or part, any long or bruised roots; 

 pick oft' all decayed or declining leaves, and plant the sets or divi- 

 sions in a shady border, or where they can be conveniently covered 

 with mats or other covering till newly rooted. 



They should be watered immediately, and that repeated from 

 time to time, till they are well taken with the ground, and in a free 

 growing state. 



Pinks, sweet-william, rose-campion, scarlet-lychnis, gentianella, 

 polyanthuses, primroses, double daisies, double chamomile, double 

 perennial catchlly, double ragged -robin, perennial cyanus, mo- 

 nardas, penstemons, phloxes, violas, campanulas, dracocephalums, 

 spiraea trifoliata, and various other kinds, may now be propagated 

 in this way. 



Collecting Floivering Plants from the Woods, Fields, and Swamps. 



Many beautiful ornamental plants may now be collected from 

 the woods, fields, and swamps, which would grace and embellish 

 the flower garden and pleasure-grounds, if introduced thereinto: 

 and that at a season when the general run of cultivated flowers are 

 out of bloom; such as lobelias of various kinds, aletris farinosa, 

 asclepiases, in sorts, asters, cassia marilandica, chelones, cucubalus 

 stellatus, cypripediums, dodecatheon meadia, dracocephalums, 

 eupatoriums, euphorbias, and galega virginiana; gentianas, hardy 

 herbaceous geraniums, gerardias, glycines, gnaphaliums, hedysa- 

 rums, helianthuscs and heucheras; hibiscuses, hypoxises, irises, lia- 

 tiiscs, lvsimachias, melanthiums, monardas, napajas and ophryses; 

 orchises, oxalises, podalyrias, penstemons, phloxes, polygala senega, 

 rhexias, rudbeckias, sarracrnias and saxifragasj sylphiums, sisyrin- 

 chiums, solida^oes, spigelia marilandica, trilliums, veratrums and 

 veronicas; limadorum tuberosum, lilium super bum and canadense, 

 erythronium americanum, together with an immense number of 

 other delightful plants. 



All the above, and any other kinds you meet with, that are wor- 

 thy of notice, may be taken up, whether in, or out of flower, with 

 balls of earth, brought home, and planted immediately; on taking 



