THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. 149 



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S Flower Garden. — Attend to the saving of seeds desired. In all 

 o plants seeds of the first flowers produce the best progeny; all biennial 

 plants should have their seed sown as soon as ripe. In this country, 

 many plants, annuals in England, are best treated as biennials — Ipo- 

 mopsis picta, Rocket Larkspurs, and Chrysanthemum ericoides are 

 instances. Where any of the hardy annuals are desired to flower 

 early and fine, they should be sown in a dry sheltered situation as soon 

 as ripe, and transplanted in spring to where they are to remain. About 

 the end of the month, Tulips and Hyacinths intended to be bloomed 

 in the open ground, should be planted; the soil should be of a moist 

 nature, but not wet, loamy and well dressed with stable manure — coal 

 ashes mixed with it improves it ; I have seen finer hyacinths in Ame- 

 rica under such treatment than in any country else. They ought to 

 be put about four inches deep in the soil. 



In the last month's paper the reader is requested to correct "herba- 

 ceous plants delight in perpetual shade," to partial shade — an error of 

 either the printer's or writer's. Continue to propagate by division of 

 the roots or seeds; the earlier after flowering they are divided the bet- 

 ter plants they make; and if the seeds are not sown till spring they 

 will not germinate till the next. America is peculiarly the country 

 for herbaceous plants ; they are neglected only because they are na- 

 tives. "Mr. — - — , what is the name of that elegant plant 1" "Dode- 

 cathon Meadia, Madam." u O! how very pretty; what is the price V 

 11 75 cents." " I will take one home." My friend, who had not sold 

 hitherto many herbaceous native plants, partially mused on the grow- 

 ing taste for them, and partly (probably) on the price he could obtain 



for them, when the following — " t i\Ir. , what country is it froml" 



led him to reply with a glow of pleasure, " Why, Madam, of our own; 

 it is a native plant." u O, a wild thing! Then I don't want it." — 

 The anecdote speaks for itself. Evergreens of all kinds are best plant- 

 ed at once ; if not finished by the end of the month they are best de- 

 ferred till April or May. The soils best adapted to the different kinds 

 are not at all studied ; they ought to be — no trees suffer more from un- 

 kindly soil than evergreens, especially Coniferae. 



Vegetable Garden. — Celery should be earthed up once a week, if 

 growing strong and earliness be desirable; it ought not to be done too 

 soon, but rather watered frequently with strong soapsuds or manure 

 water. Do not earth up much at a time, or the hearts are apt to rot. 

 Potatoes should be taken up as soon as the vines are decayed ; in stor- 

 ing them, place a little earth among them to prevent them sweating, 

 which causes them to sprout and become weakened. The main crop 

 of white Turneps should be sown at once ; transplant Endive — they 

 love a rich loamy soil. Radishes and Lettuce for the fall may be still 

 sowm. Cauliflower, sow about the middle of the month — the Walch- 

 eren does pretty well, comes in after the Dutch. Onions may be 

 sown by the end of the month in a sheltered spot; transplanted in the 

 spring, they make fine bulbs the first season. Sow Early York Cab- 

 bage at the end of the month. Sow some prickly Spinage by the 

 middle of the month, on moist rich soil — if the winter prove mild they 

 will live over the winter, and come in early. Attend to directions 

 given last month for keeping down weeds — if hoed up, as they ought 



be before they seed, they enrich the manure heap. Keep, every L 



[epartrnent clean, every tool in its place, and labor will become a £\^ 



^ pleasure and the garden a paradise. T. J. ^J 



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