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polyanthus, narcissus, ranunculus, anemones, 

 bulbous and tuberous irises, stocks, raignionette, 

 balsams, &c. ; also many choice sorts of Ame- 

 rican plants, such as different varieties of rhodo- 

 dendrons, azalias, kalmias, andromedas, ledums, 

 daphnas, &c., with other flowering shrubs, con- 

 sisting of double and single dwarf almonds, 

 double blossom peach, double blossom cherry, 

 Siberian and Persian lilac, syringas, and honey- 

 suckles, with many other varieties of small growth, 

 which taste and fancy may dictate. 



I would recommend all plants of a shrubby 

 nature to be well established in the pots, at least 

 to have become well rooted therein, before they 

 are brought into the forcing house; and although 

 I am not now writing a work on botanical cul- 

 ture generally, (if I may use the term,) yet I 

 think I may not here digress by observing that 

 American plants, particularly when forced, will 

 derive great benefit from placing some sheep 

 droppings round the top of the pot, about suffi- 

 cient to cover the surface, which, by the repeated 

 waterings, will greatly assist the plants, by the 



