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sun ; f(ii' while the i^lrtiits are young they are very inijjti- 

 tient ot heatj so that I have known great nuniljers of them 

 which were growing in the full sun destroyed in two or 

 three days. These young ])lants sliould not lie ti'ansplunted 

 till the leaves are decayed; then tliey ma}^ lie carefully 

 taken up and planted in a shady b(.>rder, where the soil is 

 loose and moist, :it a distance of ahout eight inches from 

 each other, which will be room enough for them t(.> grow 

 one }ear, and by that time they will be strong enough 

 to jn'oduce flowers. 



But it must not be supposed that JJ. Meailia is the 

 only plant of its genus deserving of our attention. It is 

 perhaps true that none of tlie species can surpass it in 

 beauty^ but the entire-lea^'ed cowslip [D. nilei/ri/nliu) makes 

 a change. The leaves are smaller and the ilowers are on 

 shorter stems than those of I). Mentliii, and there is a 

 difference of colour; for purple we liave here crimson. 

 This 2>retty plant may he easily grown on the rockei-y, 

 m a soil of sandy peat, and it makes a good pot-plant. 



We have a much stronger plant in Jeffrey's cowslip 

 (J9. Jeffrey mum), also knowm as I), laiicifoliiiiii. This 

 rises two feet high, with strong stems and large thick 

 leaves, the flowers a shade darker in coloiu' than those of 

 I). Meadia. When planted out on the rockery it should 

 liave a sheltered nook with a deep lied of peaty or Ljamy 

 soil of the best quality. 



There are hundreds of plants of this class that are 

 perfectly hardy, and require no elaborate preparations for 

 their maintenance, yet in some gardens refuse to thrive, 

 while in others they may he siiid to grow " like weeds. ^'' 

 A'ery much, of course, depends upon that " magic touch " 

 which one can give to the work and another cannot. 



