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bestowed upon the specimen. It will measure eight or ten 

 feet in circumference, and will present a handsome bushy 

 plant, literally loaded with its superb blossoms. 



The same pruning 

 may be performed 

 again, and even a 

 fifth or sixth year, 

 but we prefer mod- 

 erate sized plants to 

 such huge ones, and 

 therefore bring up a 

 succession of plants, 

 and throw them 

 away after the fourth 



year. Fig"- 26. Pelargonium pruned tlie third year. 



These hints and drawings, carefully followed, will enable 

 any amateur to secure beautiful specimens of pelargoniums. 

 Begin at once with the year old plants, if you have them ; if 

 not, take the young plants in October. 



Art. VII. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of Neiv and 

 Beautiful Plants, figtired in Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 descriptions of those introduced to, or originated in, Amer- 

 ican Collections. 



Verbena Phenomenon. — This is the name of a new scar- 

 let verbena, raised last year, by Francis Carter, Esq., of Col- 

 umbus, Ohio, and placed in the hands of Geo. C. Thorburn, 

 seedsman, of Newark, N. Y. Mr. Thorburn has raised a fine 

 stock of plants, which were offered for sale on the first of 

 May. By the kindness of Mr. Thorburn, we were favored 

 with a plant, but so late that it is not yet in bloom; a 

 flower was sent us with the plant, but it was received in such 

 a faded state, that no correct opinion could be formed of its 

 merits, otherwise than that it is a most vigorous grower, and 



