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HARDY PLANTS POE THE 



sentable condition than 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 survive 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. — Thcrc 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 



dark rich green, 

 85. 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 doubt if it is even 

 in our botanic gar- 

 dens, but hope to see 

 it in cultivation ere 

 long. 



NlCOTIANA 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 

 Nicotiana macrophylla. seed, and grows luxu- 



