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mums is to keep them in pots; but strong plants in a warm 

 and dry border of the flower garden in a favourable season, 

 will succeed very well, especially if care be taken to select 

 the sorts best suited for the purpose. It is necessary to 

 renew them in the borders about every two years, for ps 

 they increase much by suckers from the roots, the plants, if 

 left for a longer period, become unsightly, and produce 

 small and imperfect flowers. Sometimes also the plants are 

 injured, and rendered useless, in consequence of being 

 thrown out of the ground by frost. The proper period for 

 planting them in the open border is in March or April, they 

 may be then turned out of the pots into the places where 

 they are to remain, and will afterwards require nothing be- 

 yond the ordinary attention of watering, and protection 

 from strong winds. All the earlier flowering varieties are of 

 course the most eligible for this purpose, but the Purple, the 

 Changeable White, the Rose and the Buff seem altogether 

 the hardiest ; I have observed fine plants of the Superb 

 White also in the open air, the strength of its stem appear- 

 ing to be of service in supporting it. When trained to a 

 wall, all the kinds grow to a considerable heighth, but are 

 not so handsome as when standing as single bushes. If 

 turned out into the border of the Conservatory they thrive 

 extremely, and attain unusual size and luxuriance. 



Besides the advantage in point of climate which is given 

 to the plants by keeping them in pots in a house, the power 

 of mixing the different varieties together, and of keeping up 

 a succession in full beauty (the different kinds which flower 

 early being replaced by the later ones), is a very important 

 inducement to cultivate them in this manner. Whoever has 



