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continually from the beginning of October. Hyacinths, narcissuses, 

 and tulips, from Christmas : lilacs in pots, beautiful little bushes 

 crowded with bloom ; rhododendrons, azaleas, sweetbriars; roses, 

 the moss, provins. Smith's noisette, and sanguinea, just coming 

 into flower ; together with sparaxises, ixias, gladioluses, and other 

 Cape bulbs, and Azalea indica, just beginning to bloom ; and the 

 above articles I shall continue to have constantly in abundance 

 for weeks to come. 



I do not mention this for the regular practical gardener's 

 notice, but for the amateur in a small way, or the tyro in 

 horticulture ; and therefore I trust this digression will be ex- 

 cused. To return to my track, I must add also, that a great 

 abundance of all the best herbaceous plants, especially the taller 

 and later kinds, should be grown here in pots, to succeed others 

 in the changeable flower-garden ; as well as for general purposes 

 of decoration, wherever a blank may occur in any of the beds or 

 borders; and, in the course of this paper, I shall just notice a 

 good method of managing this last group. I have thus enu- 

 merated a few of the leading purposes to which a reserve 

 ground may be appUed ; but there are many other plants that 

 will gain admission to it, which I cannot at the present moment 

 remember. Some of them may, however, occur to me as I 

 proceed, and I shall just notice them as they do, although out 

 of their proper place. There ought to be, if possible, a pro- 

 pagation pit or two in one corner of this ground; or, at any 

 rate, there should be two artificial climates for the striking of 

 cuttings of various fancy plants, and the raising of annuals and 

 of choice things in general. These pits should have a perfect 

 command of dry and moist heat, together with good shading, 

 either by canvass, or other inaterials proper for the purpose. 

 Cold frames, with proper shading, will also be in request for 

 keeping seedling Americans in; also for many of the young 

 stock of £ricese, the New Holland plants, camellias, &c., which 

 may be considered too small, and not established sufficiently to 

 withstand the vicissitudes of the natural climate in the turninff- 

 out season : here, with prepared bottoms, as will hereafter be 

 described, occasional shading, and proper attention generally, 

 as to water, &c., they may bid defiance to the worms below, and 

 to the storms above. 



Before I endeavour to convey my ideas, as briefly as possible, 

 as to the disposition of the ground in the reserve garden, amongst 

 the various groups of plants, I will just make a few preliminary 

 observations on the effects of light and shade respectively on 

 plants in general, more especially on house plants ; tending to 

 show the necessity of providing a partial shade for those which 

 may be placed out of doors in the summer season. Those who 

 are practically acquainted with the management of green-house 



