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THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



require precisely the same winter treatment as the Dahlia, 

 and of course must be taken up before the frost. In the 

 spring, the old roots make several young shoots from the 

 crown, which may be propagated and managed as directed 

 for the Dahlia; which see, under that head. 



Running Vines, as the Maurandya Barclayana, and 

 several kinds of the Passiflora should also be propagated 

 either in the fall or spring by cuttings, and grown expressly 

 for growing in the flower garden during the summer. The 

 manner of propagating them is the same as other tender 

 plants. 



In order to render the above subject interesting to lovers 

 of the flower garden, I have here appended a list of the best 

 varieties of plants adapted to the purpose. 



