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all kinds of seedlings, then we shall have plenty without importing 

 so much trash, or copying from foreign journals to fill our own pages. 



John Feast, Baltimore. 



As to the Augusta rose, we saw it at Mr. Fulton's nursery last 

 week, but the bloom was rather far gone ; it seemed much like Le 

 Pactole, but larger. The general opinion seems to be that it is not 

 sufficiently distinct from Chromatella for a new name ; whether it 

 be more hardy remains to be proven. 



There is no doubt that as good seedlings can be raised here as 

 anywhere — there certainly have been as good Camellias ; neverthe- 

 less, an interchange pf ^plants as well as of ideas is very useful in 

 most cases. — Ed. 



WINDOW AND YARD GARDENING. 



As soon as the warm breezes of spring begin to refresh the earth 

 and incite in us anticipations of genial summer, every occupier of 

 a rod of ground, (it is hoped) turns attention to having things "fixed 

 up." Flower-beds and shrubbery borders undergo their annual re- 

 freshment; if not done in the fall (which is the most proper season) 

 they should now be turned over with a fork, a much better im- 

 plement for this purpose than the spade, which cuts and injures 

 roots. Leave the surface as rough as possible, and on no account 

 ralce it over; the first heavy shower .that falls will beat it level 

 enough. It is one of the principal points in good culture to keep 

 the ground open and well stirred on the surface, that both air and 

 water may find ready access to the roots of plants. A smoothly 

 raked surface may look very pretty, and please the eye at the time, 

 but it is not indicative of good cultivation. Herbaceous plants, as 

 Chrysanthemums, Phlox, &c, that have got large will flower better by 

 being divided and reset. There is great want of flowering plants and 

 shrubbery in yards, such plants as Spirea prunifolia, Weigela Rosea, 

 Forsythia viridissima, Spiraea Reevesii, &c, should be in every bor- 

 der, as suitable companions to the early flowering Narcissus and 

 Hyacinths. 

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