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HARDY PLANTS TOR THE 



sentable condition tlian it ever assumes indoors^ "where it is 

 usually drawn too mucli. I used to protect the roots in winter 

 by placing leaves over them^ and then covering all with a 

 handlight^ but have seen the plant sundve without this pre- 

 caution. It is^ however^ best to make quite sure by using 

 protection^ except where the soil and climate are parti- 

 cularly favourable. 



MoLOPospERMUM cicuTARiuM.- — There is a deep-green 

 and fernlike beauty displayed profusely by some of the 

 umbelliferous family^ but I have rarely met with one so 

 remarkably attractive as this species. Many of the class^ 

 while very elegant^ perish quickly, get shabby indeed by 

 the end of June_, and are therefore out of place in the 

 tasteful flower garden ; but this is firm in character, of a 



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dark rich green, 

 stout yet spreading 

 in habit, growing 

 more than a yard 

 high, and making 

 altogether a most 

 pleasing bush. It is 

 perfectly hardy, a 

 native of Carniola, 

 easily increased by 

 seed or division, but 

 very rare just now. 

 I dou.bt if it is even 

 in our botanic gar- 

 dens, but hope to see 

 it in cultivation ere 

 long. 



NiCOTIANA MA- 



CROPHYLLA. — This is 

 simply a garden name 

 for a fine large va- 

 riety of the common 

 Tobacco. As it is so 

 readily raised from 

 seed, and grows luxu- 



