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myself would wish to have about my house, or in 

 my garden. As I go on I shall state some par- 

 ticulars here and there relating to propagation and 

 management : but, to be very particular would be 

 superfluous, seeing that such full directions have 

 been given in the former parts of the work, as to 

 the sowing of all seeds, great as well as small ; as 

 to the raising of trees and plants from cultingb, 

 slips, layers and suckers, and as to cultivation and 

 tillage. Flowers are divided into annuals^ bien- 

 nials and perennials. The first blow and die the 

 year they are sDwn ; the second blow the second 

 year and then die ; the third sometimes blow the 

 first year and sometimes not, and die down to the 

 ground annually, but spring up again every spring. 

 I have not made separate lists; but have included 

 the whole in one Alphabetical List. There are 

 sixty trees, shrubs and plants altogether ; and, if 

 properly cultivated, these will give a grand bloom 

 from May to November. 



LIST. 



333. ALTHEA FRUTEX.— It is raised from 

 seed, or from suckers. There are several sorts, as 

 to colours. They should be mixed to make a variety. 

 Save the seed in November or December. The pods 

 are full.- Sow in the spring. Seed produces the 

 handsomest shrub ; and it is to be got almost any 

 where. 



334. ANEMONE — This is a very beautiful flower, 

 and worthy of great pains. It is raised from seed, 

 or from pieces of the roots. Sow the seed in spring. 

 The plant does not blow the first year. The root, 

 w^hich is tuberous, is taken up in the fall, dried in the 

 sun, and put by in the dry till spring, when it is put 

 into the ground again! And, during the summer, it 

 sends out young roots, which must be taken off* and 



