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n.iiit into two 01' tlii'L'i' parts, as, tlmuwh it may appear an 

 easy matter to cut it into a dozen or more, the expert 

 jn-opag'ator alone is to be trusted to cut the roots of surh 

 pikxnts to so o'reat an extent. 



Although hardy, these plants require a little shelter in 

 gardens that are ex)iosed to the full lilast of the east wind. 

 In the sprino- they love humidity above and belnw, and the 

 drying i\Iareh winds playing freely u]i(in them will \ei-y 

 considerably reduce their vitality. Of this we have had 

 unpleasant experience, for one of our Ijest Ijorders fai/es the 

 east, and the wind from the Essex marshes sweejis over it 

 in the spring mouths witli a fury that occasionally threatens 

 to kill everything. On the east side of this border all the 

 narcissi thrive to perfection, but the globe flowers arc 

 pinched c>nt of character ; although in the ver}" same Ijorder 

 (which is thirty feet wide, with trees and shrubs every- 

 where) the globe flowers })rosper on the side that faces 

 west. The primulas show the like Ijchaviour : the east 

 wind is deadly to them, but a removal of thirty feet to a 

 sheltered situation and a. western as]_)eet makes all the 

 difference; there they grow and glow, and give delight. 



TroU'nix livrojxpus oft'ei's a few varieties that the amateur 

 mav hnd interesting. The ordinary garden form grows 

 to a foiit or a foot and a half in height ; the flowers are 

 leinon-vellow, and globular, and fine examples measure 

 two inches in diameter. T. alljii^ differs in the flowers 

 being smaller and of a paler colour, and the plant of 

 dwarfer growth. T. alttiirits and T. Caiirii>iirii.\ differ by 

 slight degrees, and all are dwarfer than the common form. 



Tnilliii-s Axial'icini, tlie Asiatic globe-flower, a natne 

 of Siberia, is a distinct and fine plant, the leaves more 

 divided than those of the European plant, and of a richer 



