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must be removed as soon as tlie plants appeav. It is best 

 to sow the seed as soon as it can be gathered ripe, but it 

 may be kept until spring. Named sorts are multiplied by 

 dividing the roots, but this should not be attempted until 

 the plants have acquired some age, for if young plants are 

 cut up, it is only too likely that all the pieces will be lost. 

 Large old plants may, however, be divided with safety in 

 the autumn. 



" Scquester'd natiire was his heart's deliij;'ht ; 



Him would she lead through wood and lonely plain, 



Searching the booty from the rushy dylie ; 



And while the tlxrusli sang her long-silene'd strain. 



He thought it sweet and mock'd it o'er again. 



And while he plucked the primrose in its pride, 



He ponder'd o'er its bloom 'tween joy and piiu ; 



And a rude sonnet in its praise lie tried, 

 Where nature's simple way the aid of art supplied." 



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