282 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
ficulty in preserving them in the natural ground, through 
the winter, in England, what must it be here ? Indeed, 
it cannot be done; and yet they are so fine, so lofty, and 
such masses of beautiful and fragrant flowers, and they 
continue so long in bloom, that they are worth any care 
and any trouble. There is but one way; the plants, 
when they get ten ora dozen leaves, must be put into 
flower-pots. 
“These may be sunk in the earth, in the open ground, 
till November, [Long Island,] and when the sharp frosts 
come, the pots must be taken up and placed out of the 
reach of hard frosts, and where there is, however, sun and 
air, When the spring comes, the pots may be put out in- 
to the natural ground again; or, which is better, the balls 
of earth may be put into a hole made for the purpose; 
and thus the plants will be in the natural ground, to blow. 
“Tn this country, they should be placed in the shade 
when put out again, for a very hot sun is apt to tarnish 
the bloom.” 
Thus much for Mr. Cobbet, but since his day the va- 
rieties have multiplied amazingly, many more varieties 
than any one would be likely to cultivate. 
The double varieties of rich, distinct colors and pure 
white, greatly ornament the garden when grown in beds 
or masses. All the summer Stocks, except the early Ten- 
week, will be much’stronger and flower much earlier if 
forwarded in hot-beds, transplanted into pots, and turned 
out into the ground in June. 
MAURANDIA. 
(Named in honor of Dr. Maurandy, the botanical professor at Carthagena.] 
Maurandia Barclayana, is an elegant green-house, 
climbing perennial, but may be raised from seed, and 
brought forward in a frame, so as to flower profusely 
