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THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



ble China Hollyhock, red, black, yellow and 

 white: — before them, the superb Cardinal 

 Flower, with incomparable scarlet flowers — 

 the white and purple Pyramidal Phlox, whose 

 stalks it was necessary to support, on account 

 of the load of its flowers — the Purple Rud- 

 beckia, the Tiger Lily, with stems tall and 

 erect, with numerous glossy leaves, each or- 

 namented by a black berry-like bulb, termi- 

 nating in a chandelier top of numerous black 

 spotted, orange flowers — the Dwarf Soli- 

 dago, with fine yellow — the Fulgent Rud- 

 beckia, with yellow and brown — the Cox- 

 comb, deep crimson, and the Prince's Feather, 

 with deep red flowers. The ¥eUdw Swallow 

 Wort, too, ornamented this group with rich 

 orange flowers, — a native of sandy fields. 



Nearly all the annuals were this month in 

 bloom, and the arbor was completely covered 

 with a profusion of foliage and flowers ; so 



