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THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



M That will be fine ; with that, and the 

 Purple, White, and Yellow Immortal Flower, 

 the Purple and White Amaranthus, and Red 

 and Yellow Cockscomb, I can make quite a 

 gay bouquet for winter. 



H. The Scarlet Malope is a beautiful or- 

 nament to the garden, on account of its com- 

 ing in and continuing so late, as well as the 

 beauty of its althea shaped flower. 



M. The Sweet Alyssum is another that I 

 like on that account, with its numerous little 

 fragrant white flowers. 



The principal perennials not before men- 

 tioned in the September quarter, were the New 

 England Star Flower, or native Aster; many 

 of these species combined presented a fine 

 show ; here were as many as a dozen different 

 sorts, with various shades of purple, blue, rose 

 and white, and laden w 7 ith a profusion of dif- 

 ferent sized flowers ; some fine species of the 



