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opportunity of moving your plants after a good 

 heavy shower, when the ground is moist all round 

 them, and the air is moist above them, you will have 

 the best chance of seeing your new arrivals look none 

 the worse for their removal ; but if from the dry- 

 ness of the season this is impossible, then you must 

 do the best you can by moving them in the evening, 

 so that they have the comparative coolness of the 

 night to recover in, and of course you must give 

 them a good watering as soon as they are planted. 

 Never neglect to give the plants, of whatever 

 kind, a thorough soaking before you attempt to 

 take them out of their pots or boxes. 



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There are a certain number of hardy annuals 

 which are very useful if sown in patches among 

 herbaceous plants, as well as those I have mentioned 

 which can be transplanted. 



Alonsoa. A most useful plant with scarlet 

 flowers in spikes, beginning in August, and con- 

 tinuing until they are cut down by the frost. 

 Alonsoa Warscewiczi is the most beautiful, grow- 

 ing two feet high ; they should be thinned to at 

 least eight inches apart. This plant is really a 



