ANTIRRHINUM, Tom Thumb, (Snapdragon.) 
If th°se members °f the flower-loving fraternity who have 
our1?aSvm‘ir U rtn?i i fp tS W0Uldtry f he cultivatloi/of some of 
our hardy out-door flowers as potplants, such as Antirrhinum 
they would have little reason to complain <l' non-success’ 
Many of the so-called annuals will keep up a succession of 
bloom for one, two and even three seasons with proper care 
to keep them from ripening seed, and under this treatment 
will bloom much more profusely, and produce much finer 
?mr S hn'.'d t t? n lf " ro ' vn ln the open air in the usual way! Be- 
drv n? ley c ^ n <.n ett u r endure occasional neglect and the 
di y atmosphere of the house than can more tender plants 
and are not so liable to be Injured by insects. Tom Thumb Is 
the best of all the Antirrhinums, very dwarf, growing only 8 
hi kh. thickly studded with beautiful spikes of gay eol- 
Pkt , M0 e H r ee<u a ^?l’nt C a arIet ’ rose * whlte > matoon > striped, etc. 
