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BORDER FLOWERS. 



Saxifraga. Saxifrage. 

 Cordifolia, crassifolia, oppositifollia, umbrosa, &c. 



Valeriana. Valerian. 

 Tripteris, Phu, calcitrapa. 



Viola. Violet. 

 Calcarata^odorata, and thiiiy-eight other species. 



This sweet little flower is an universal favourite. The 

 odorata and its varieties are most vahied ; but they cannot 

 be had in perfection unless a good deal of pains is bestowed 

 on them. Slugs are very destructive to the violet, devour- 

 ing the flowers as much before as after they are in bloom. 

 Where the flowers are in much request, beds are made on 

 purpose for them, composed of a layer of coal-ashes on the 

 bottom, covered with a compost of peat-earth, loam, rotted 

 cow-dung, and sand ten inches thick. On this young 

 runners are planted, six inches apart, in July, carefully 

 attended ; and, when the cold of autumn sets in, they are 

 covered with a frame and lights, and defended from the 

 frost throughout the winter. Violets should be potted in 

 August for forcing, which is most successfully done in a 

 mild hot-bed. The double Neapolitan is the best for 

 forcing. 



Dodecatheon. American Cowslip. 

 Meadia. 



Gentian A. Gentian. 

 Acaulis, lutea, purpurea, cruciata, and twent}- others. 



Iberis. Candytuft, 

 Saxatilis, sempervirens, ciliata, rotundifolius. 



Phlox. Lychnidea. 

 Divaricata, setacea, subulata. 



PoLEMONiuM. Greek Valerian. 

 Reptans, sibericum, caeruleum. 



