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Lamberti, venosa. &c. ; Maurandya Barclayaraa, semperflorens, and a new seed- 

 ling of a pale lilac purple colour; .Mimulus ringens, rivularis, and variegatus ; 

 Geranium lancastriense, sibiricum, sanguineum, and Wallichidnum ; iupinus 

 pere'nnis, &c. ; tfenecio elegans, white and red double-flowered ; Pascalia 

 virginica [? Helianthus diffusus], Centrocarpha chrysomela, Gazania rigens, 

 Cypripedium spectabile ; Calceolaria bicolor, Atkmsidna, pendula, corymbosa, 

 Hopedna, epsomensis, angustifolia, integrifolia, arachnoidea, jalantaginea, and 

 many seedling varieties ; Linaria alpina and trfstis, Bouvardia triphylla, with 

 some varieties of phloxes, veronicas, sisyrinchums, saxifrages, annual Oeno- 

 theras, clarkias, silenes, marigolds, &c. &c. 



August. — The edgings of box are now neatly cut, and the flower-borders 

 are weeded and cleaned, cutting away all the stems of herbaceous plants that 

 are past flowering, and filling up every vacancy by plunging in pots of Lobelia 

 fulgens, Thunbergia alata, mesembryanthemums, hybrid calceolarias, and 

 others, Schizanthus retusus, &c, which have been potted and grown for this 

 purpose. Under this system of management, this garden is kept in full 

 beauty throughout the summer. The pinks, being now past blooming, except 

 four or five kinds that continue in flower till October, I plant out between 

 them a quantity of German stocks, which were sown in June and potted for 

 this purpose. These soon become strong plants, and flower beautifully, until 

 destroyed by frost. The evergreens in the shrubberies are now pruned so 

 that each plant may stand separate. Gathering seeds is also attended to 

 every fine day. The flower-garden is now more beautiful than in any other 

 month of the year. The georginas are in full bloom, consisting of more 

 than a hundred varieties. The hollyhocks are also in full flower : some 

 are planted in beds in the centre of the garden, others among the shrubs, 

 which, towering up over the evergreens, are grand beyond description, some 

 of them having attained the height of 17 ft. To grow them to this height, at 

 the season for planting I dig a hole for each plant 2 ft. deep, and put in three 

 or four shovelfuls of strong stable manure. There are now in flower in 

 this garden forty-six double varieties of these beautiful flowers ; thirty-four 

 of which I have raised from seed myself within the last four years. The 

 principal bloom of roses is now past; yet there is still a good show of 

 the perpetual-flowering kinds, such as the yellow Noisette, odorata, flaves- 

 cens, semperflorens, Barclayarca, indica alba, purpurea, Fraseriawa, and, that 

 most valuable of roses, the crimson perpetual. The following shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants are in flower : — Ceanothus aziireus ; Lobelia fulgens, spe- 

 ciosa, cardinalis, &c; Jsclepias tuberosa and nivea, JS'ryngium maritimum, 

 Kalosanthes coccinea and odoratissima ; Campanula fragilis, />ersicaef61ia 

 flore pleno and flore albo pleno, rhomboiuea, zaticsefdlia, Trachelium, lactiflora, 

 &c. ; Gentidna asclepikdea, Pneumonanthe, Saponaria, &c ; iilium cana- 

 dense, Ipomoe v a coccinea, Spigelia marilandica, Ferbascum phceniceum, Ly- 

 simachia -Ephemerum and verticillata, Nolana grandiflora, Grevillea ?-osmarini- 

 folia, Gladiolus floribundus flore albo ; (Salvia splendens, involucrata, coccinea, 

 fulgens, bicolor, bracteata, chamsedryoides, and wiolacea ; Oenothera mis- 

 souriensis, longiflora, and teraxacifolia ; Epilobium Hallen and angustifolium, 

 Eutaxia wzyrtifblia; Andromeda pulverulenta, speciosa, and poliifolia; Sapo- 

 naria calabrica, Dianthus arbiiscula, .Lychnis coronata, iythrum diffiisum, 

 Mesembryanthemum spectabile, &c. &c; Macrotys racemosa, Argemone 

 grandifldra, &c. ; Cistus salviaefolius, creticus, &c. ; Helianthemum formosum, 

 Clematis florida and flore pleno, Phlomis tuberosa, Physostegia speciosa^ 

 Tecoma capensis ; Salpiglossis, many varieties ; Pentstemon speciosus, Richard- 

 son?', Digitalis, &c. ; Chelone glabra, Thunbergk alata; Digitalis ambigua, 

 lanata, ferruginea, fulva, and purpurea alba ; Fuchsia multifldra, virgata, &c. ; 

 Tigridia pavonia and conchiflora, Erodium Gussoni, Amorpha Lewisii; Lupinus 

 mutabilis, mutabilis var. CruckshanksiaVzzw, arboreus, perennis, &c; O'robus 

 Fischeri, Polygala latifolia, J'pios tuberosa, Coronilla iberica, iathyrus 

 grandiflorus and tuberosus, Z)61ichos lignosus, Jnagallis africana and Monelli 

 grandiflora, Catananche cserulea and ca3rulea bicolor ; Lidtris spicata, pumila, 



