60 HERBACEOUS PLANTS. [APRIL 



climate, still, the- alteration made in what may 

 be termed the habits of the plant, is very small. 



You will, I think, find this subject very 

 interesting, when you know more about gar- 

 dening, and grow in the open air some of 

 those beautiful plants, which have, till very 

 lately, been entirely confined to our stoves, 

 and which are now successfully cultivated, 

 during the summer, in our gardens. 



You may now divide and plant the roots of 

 any hardy herbaceous plants that are too large: 

 this is, therefore, the season to ask for such 

 roots as the gardener, or your friends, can 

 spare. 



I have been extremely busy since I last 

 wrote, digging some borders which were neg- 

 lected last autumn. I have had many herba- 

 ceous plants to divide and replant, and am 

 now going to make a bed foi some ranuncu- 



