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young shoots in pots of light earth in the spring or summer months, 
which should be plunged in a hot-bed for the purpose of inducing 
them more readily to strike root. They may then be placed out in 
the open air during the summer season, but in the autumn and win- 
ter they require protection. 
The China Asters, are desirous, for the purpose of variety, in the 
clumps and common borders of gardens and pleasure grounds. In 
saving the seeds they should be selected from the best colored flow- 
ers of the most perfect plants, in October, when they are fully ripened, 
and should be gathered when they are quite dry. The shrubby 
varieties aflTord a beautiful contrast among other green-house plants, 
both in the summer and winter season. 
