2 1 8 Gardens of the Misses Gamier : — 



sphaeroidea, and intermedia ; Centrocarpha hfrta major, Arctotis grandifldra, 

 &c. ; Feratrum nigrum ; and the following kinds of the genus Phlox, — Thomp- 

 sons, paniculata, p. alba, and p. grandis, acuminata, odorata, variegata, ma- 

 culata, excelsa, triflora, tardiflora, corymbdsa, Wheeleri, reflexa, americana, 

 carnea, suaveolens, glaberrima, Listonzana, amoe v na, nitida, elegantissima, &c. 

 Some varieties of veronicas, geraniums, monardas, and tradescantias are also 

 in bloom. 



September. — I now embrace every opportunity that occurs to collect seeds 

 of all the most rare and choice plants. This requires strict attention, and 

 takes up a considerable part of my time during this month. The flower- 

 borders are again looked over, hoed, and raked, and all decayed flower-stems 

 are cut away as they appear. I now also look over the georginas, and cut off 

 all overblown flowers, except a few of the most beautiful kinds, which are 

 left for seed. Cutting away the decayed flowers not only gives the plants a 

 much neater appearance, but causes the succeeding flowers to blow much 

 finer than they otherwise would do ; as, if all the seed were left to ripen, the 

 blossoms would be thereby deprived of much nourishment. The turf and gravel 

 are attended to in every respect as usual. Of all the shrubs which adorn the 

 garden at this season, the Jcacia lophantha and A. dealbata are the most beau- 

 tiful. These two plants were turned out from the green-house in June, and 

 planted on the turf in a mixture of loam and peat, with a third part of manure 

 from a decayed hotbed. The A. lophantha was, when planted out, 5 ft. high ; 

 and the A. dealbata was 3 ft. high. The former has now attained the height 

 of 10ft., and its branches extend 18 ft. in circumference; and the latter has 

 attained the height of 8 ft. I shall take both plants up next month, put them 

 in large tubs, and place them in the green-house for the winter. 1 doubt not 

 that Jcacia dealbata will stand the winter in the open garden, protected by 

 furze, when the wood is become more mature. I have little hopes of A. 

 lophantha ever surviving the winter in the open garden. They must, how- 

 ever, both be left out another season, as they will be too large to be taken up ; 

 and the result will form a subject for an article in a future Number of the 

 Gardener 's Magazine, if you consider it will be of any service to your numer- 

 ous readers. [We shall be happy to receive this article.] The three follow- 

 ing are also beautiful plants for setting out on the turf, — JLupinus mutabilis 

 var. Cruckshanksidmis, Polygala latifolia, and that superb green-house plant, 

 Leonotis Leonurus, which is now standing on the turf 6 ft. high, with twenty- 

 four spikes of flowers, which will expand before the end of the month. This, 

 as well as the Polygala, will be taken up next month, and placed in the 

 green-house during winter. The above, and many other green-house shrubs 

 treated in like manner, become very large, and add considerably to the beauty 

 of the garden during the summer months. During this month we have in 

 flower, besides georginas, hollyhocks, tuberoses, &c, the following shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants: — Funkk subcordata, Zephyranthes Candida, Alstrosmeria 

 psittacina and Pelegrina, jLeucojum autumnale, Paliurus aculeatus, Lobeha 

 Tiipa, coelestis, &c. ; Chirdm'a /inifolia, Fuchsia arborea, Cassia marilandica, 

 Andromeda speciosa, Dianthus pungens, O'xalis Bowie?, .Lythrum virgatum, 

 Potentllla Hopwood/ama, &c. ; Chelone obliqua and barbata, Ferbena venosa, 

 &c. ; Antirrhinum molle, &c. ; Mimulus glutinosus, Erodium multicaule, Cro- 

 talaria elegans, Genista canadensis, Z/upinus versicolor, .Lotus jacobse x us, 

 Wistana frutescens, Erythrina Zaurifolia, Erythrolae^na conspicua, Humea 

 elegans, Tagetes lucida, Echinacea purpurea, Gaillardz'a bicolor and aristata, 

 Othonna [?] septemfida, Tradescantia virginica and flore rubro pleno. Several 

 varieties of phloxes, liatrises, campanulas, Oenotheras, asters, salvias, delphi- 

 niums, pentstemons, German stocks, German and China asters, and a few 

 varieties of pinks, still continue to bloom. 



October. — The leaves of elms and many other deciduous trees and shrubs 

 are now beginning to fall ; the flower-garden therefore requires to be swept 

 over daily, which is done the first thing every morning, as I never suffer a 

 barrow or a broom to be seen in the flower-garden later in the day than one 



