(rRACEFTTL DEUTZIA, 



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raniiliar plant nF tlu' must use- 

 ful cliai-actei-, and ime wliicli 

 is g'l'ow II in immense ([uai.ti- 

 lies for llie supply of the 

 liower nuivkets. The cultiva- 

 tors who supply the markets 

 ill this country usually obtain 

 supplies of hotli these ]>lants 

 i'rom Holland, \\lic)-e tliev ai'e 

 g'vowii fur tins particular 

 purpose ill (he open gi'ound, 

 mostly in the alleys and 

 trenches lirlweeii the lieds of 

 hvaciutlis and tnlips. The\' 

 are thus in the nature of 

 what gardeners call " stolen 

 crops" — that is, they are iiui 

 in bet^'een other things, and 

 Dceupy places where a severe routine would forbid the 

 planting of anything whatever. lUit all the important 

 business pertaining to the beds of bullis is o\'ei-liy the time 

 the deutzias and s})ineas are planted ; and by an aeconimo- 



