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the first blaze has passed off. I have in flower 

 three sorts of Lobelia; and, by the by, I ought 

 to have told you to get a plant of each in the 

 spring, as they are easily propagated by divid- 

 ing the roots, either as soon as they have flow- 

 ered, or in the spring : some of mine, in a turf 

 border, are now four feet high. My Salvia 

 splendens, (scarlet sage,) promises to be very 

 fine shortly ; and the Amaryllis lutea is flower- 

 ing very well; but the China asters are at 

 present the greatest attraction of my garden, as 

 the dahlias have not yet opened sufficiently to 

 shew all their beauty. I have many things, be- 

 sides, among the herbaceous plants ; such as 

 Jlsckpias tuberosa, (or orange coloured swallow- 

 wort;) different varieties of Phlox and Eupatori- 

 um; and three sorts ofLiatris, (gay feather,) viz: 

 spicata, squarrosa, and scariosa. The gerani- 

 ums, and other green-house plants, planted out 



