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early in the spring, but are more commonly propagated 

 by suckers, layers, or cuttings. Like other plants, 

 they require a good soil, which should be manured 

 every two or three years,, and some of the tender kinds 

 should have some protection in winter. The following 

 list, taken from an article in the New York Farmer 

 and Horticultural Repository, furnished by Mr. Floy, 

 contains the most of those usually planted in gardens 

 and on lawns. These will furnish a succession of 

 flowers from spring until fall, and may be obtained at 

 the nursery here at moderate prices. 



Amorpha fruticosa. — Indigo shrub, with handsome 

 bunches of purple flowers in great quantities. 



Amygdalus nana, Dwarf double flowering Almond; 

 a very beautiful dwarf shrub, about three feet high. 



Aralia spinosa, or Angelica tree, about ten feet high; 

 flowers in very large bunches, and continues a long 

 season. 



Cytisus Laburnum, or Golden chain; a most elegant 

 shrub, with long racemes or bunches of yellow flowers, 

 in the greatest profusion ; there are two kinds, the 

 English and the Scotch Laburnum. The Scotch is 

 the largest, forming a pretty large shrub ; the English 

 kind is greener, more compact, and by some, thought 

 to be the handsomest; they ought to be in every 

 garden. 



Calycanthus Floridus, Allspice or sweet-scented 

 shrub, a native of the Southern States ; the flowers 



