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For this piu'pose, cut the top of a single tuber liorizontally ; cut 

 a small and rather thin slice of an inch or two in length from 

 one side ; take a young shoot and cut it into the form of a 

 shouldered crown graft, making the shoulder-cut close to a bud 

 — see page 233 ; let this shoulder-bud rest upon the head of 

 your stock tuber, and fit the rinds together as in tongue graft- 

 ing, but without tongueing ; bind it, and pot it, and set it in a 

 hot bed as a cutting. This may be done for curiosity, but as a 

 matter of business it is worthless. " Le jeu ne vaux pas la 

 chandelle." Other tuberous-rooted flowers are included in An-, 

 nuals, Biennials, &c. 



ANNUALS. 



All annual flowers may be sown in the spring months, or 

 even in June, and brought into bloom by care in their cultiva- 

 tion, few kinds requiring more than two months to produce 

 flowers. For rules as to depth of sowing, &c., see page 84. 



There are some kinds which shed their seeds and produce 

 yomig plants in the fall, which continue through the winter, 

 thus becoming in a sense biennial ; others shed their seeds, 

 which commonly sprout abundantly in spring, but any plants 

 that may grow in the fall are killed by the winter. In the 

 following lists the former are marked " self-sowing in the fall," 

 the latter " self-sowing in the spring." Of either class abun- 

 dance of plants may generally be obtained after spring ojjcns 

 from any spot where they grew the previous year. Of the an- 

 nuals named below, none will be found without merit, though 

 some of them may, in certain sections, be so common as not to 

 require cultivation. A few more might have been added, but 

 if these are tastefully arranged and well cultivated, the flower- 

 garden will be adequately supplied with this class of flowers. 

 To economize space, detailed descriptions are omitted. 



ANNUAL FLOWERS. 



THIETY-FOUE TAEIETIES. 



1. Ageratum, Blue, Ageratum odoratum. Pretty and 

 sweet, about eighteen inches high. 



2. Alyssum, White Sweet, Alys-mm maritimum. About 



