FLORISTS’. FLOWERS. 259 
than we see elsewhere in our gardens. Upon the approach 
of frost they are,in general, left: to their fate,.as it is easior 
to propagate new ones than to preserve the old. These 
plants, with some of the fine new annuals, and the gorgeous 
Dahlias, give a: splendor to the autumnal: flower garden 
which in former times-it-did not possess. 
 «« BLORISTs’ FLOWERS. 
This technical appellation: has been restricted to certain 
flowers, which have been especial favorites with florists, and 
have consequently received a large share of their attention.* 
Though possessed: of great individual beauty, few of them. 
are calculated to make a show at a distance, and the 
arrangements requisite for their culture do not harmonize 
well with the general: disposition of a flower garden. It-:is 
therefore desirable, particularly when considerable refine- 
ment is aimed at, that:a separate garden, or a separate sec- 
tion of the garden, should be set apart for their culture. 
The more robust. or less valuable varieties, however, which 
are often as ornamental as the most esteemed, may be intro- 
duced into the general parterres. We shall notice the most 
considerable, in the order in which they naturally attract 
attention. 
The Hyacinth, Hyacinthus orientalis, one of the aol 
e The finest new varieties. of florists’ flowers as well as ioveltiea in 
the strictly botanical department, are figured and described in Harrison’s 
Florticultural Cabinet, a cheap monthly periodical, which has a vast circula- 
tion in England. While the letter-press is rather deficient in botanical pre- 
cision, and the engraving sometimes inferior in style of embellishment, it, is 
certain that much useful information may be gleaned from the work, both as 
to new varieties and superior modes of culture ; and it is but fair to ada - 
that thé work has been greatly improved of late years. 
