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ers are of great -durability, and on this account were considered the 

 emblem of immortality. 



HearVs Ease, or Pansy. — Sprung from the wild Viola tricolor; 

 "when grown from seed the varieties that may be obtained defy cal- 

 culation, as they are innumerable; they may likewise be readily hy- 

 bridized, and the hybrids may be again cross bred with each other; 

 the roots may also be divided and planted out advantageously, but 

 the best varieties are propagated by cuttings taken from the extremi- 

 ties of the shoots and struck in pure white sand. They may like- 

 wise be raised by layers. Heaths are all from the Cape of Good 

 Hope; they are raised under glass from cuttings, struck in white 

 sand. I have found charcoal dust better for that purpose than sand; 

 they require much water, and if allowed to become dry and wither- 

 ed never recover. 



Verbenas, Petunias, and Fuchsias are beautiful trailing plants, 

 ■which strike readily from cuttings, and are easily raised from seed; they 

 will grow in any good garden soil, and may be considered the easi- 

 est of all plants for a lady to cultivate. When you wish to raise 

 hybrids, you must fertilize one plant with the pollen of another; the 

 anthers of the flower that is expected to yield the seed must be re- 

 moved before they burst. The pollen from the flower from which 

 you intend to form the hybrid, must be applied with a hair pencil to 

 the stigma of the flower which is to produce the seed; save that 

 seed pot, and you have effected your object. 



Mesemhryanthemums are natives of the arid plains, near the 

 Cape of Good Hope. They are difficult to raise, and should be 

 grown in a rich loam soil, kept open with anthracite coal ashes. 



Gallardia — (Compositse,) are very beautiful herbaceous plants, na- 

 tives of North America, and grow best in sand. 



GeramMm.--(Geraniacese,){)roperly called Pelargoniums — orignat- 

 ed in southern Europe, they are a most beautiful tribe of plants, and 

 may be cultivated very readily at any season of the year under glass, 

 will in six weeks throw out a sufficient quantity of roots to enable 

 you to transplant into pots; to make them produce flowers well, they 

 should be frequently potted. 



Gladiolus. — (Iridaceffi,) are bulbous plants, with long spikes of 

 beautiful showy bell-shaped flowers, and natives of the Cape of Good 



