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Fox-glove. There are two varieties of this pretty plant 

 worth cultivating, the purple and the white, which should 

 find their way into every flower garden. 



Honesty, or Satin Flower, a pretty dwarf plant, with pur- 

 ple flowers. 



Hollyhock. This noble family of flowers is highly deserv- 

 ing a more general cultivation, and should be carefully culti- 

 vated as a florist flower. There are many superb kinds now 

 to be found at the seed stores, of the Chinese variety, which 

 produce fine double flowers, of every hue and color, from a 

 clear white to a dark purple ; many of which, when regularly 

 grown into fine double flowers, are not inferior to the Double 

 Dahlia. 



Snapdragon. A pretty class of flowers, of various colors, 

 deserving a place in every flower garden. 



Canterbury Bells of which there are two desirable va- 

 rieties, the white and the purple, which are generally to be 

 found, and are pretty flowers, in the early spring flowering. 



Pinks, Carnations, and Sweet Williams, are also deno- 

 minated biennials, although, as before stated, they all will live 

 and flower, sometimes for three or four successive years, by 

 increasing them by layering, cuttings, and dividing the roots. 

 All of these have many varieties of flowers, which can gene- 

 rally be obtained by purchasing the seed of the different 

 seedsmen in various parts of the Union. The China Pink, 

 a very pretty kind, which has many varieties of brilliant 

 flowers, is particularly desirable for cultivation. 





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