THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



to keep it under control, as in times past, when 

 in infancy and youth. 



M. There ! then it burst the calyx and is 

 free, but it is not fully expanded. 



H. It has exhausted itself in the struggle ; 

 it waits a moment to recruit; now it has spread 

 out quite flat. 



M. How curious it is to see them popping 

 out so thick ; they give a sickening perfume to 

 the garden. 



H. Here is the Long Flowering, standing 

 on long tubes ; this, with the other kind, keeps- 

 company with the morning flowers a while ; 

 but here is the elegant low spreading species, 

 with pure white flowers, which loses its beauty 

 before morning ; all that is then to be seen, is 

 the shrivelled flower, changed to a pink color. 



M. The Night Flowering, I think, is also 

 a beautiful species ; its habits, like the last, 

 are delicate, and the blossoms are found per- 

 ished in the morning. 



