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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
In planting the flower garden, which of necessity occupies a 
considerable time, due regard must be paid to the relative hardiness 
of the several subjects, so that the work may be commenced at the 
earliest moment, without exposing the more tender subjects to the 
cold and otherwise unfavourable weather occasionally experienced 
during the month of May. The hardiest plants should, of course,, 
be put out first, and the most tender last. 
Calceolarias and Verbenas are, perhaps, the hardiest of itlie 
tender bedders, and should therefore be put out first. Ageratums 
and Geraniums are the next hardiest, and such things as Coleus, 
Iresine, and Alternantheras the most tender. Hardy plants like 
Cerastium tomentosum, Stachys lanata, and Veronica incana, which 
are used for edging purposes, should be taken up, divided, and 
replanted annually. When allowed to remain in the same position 
for several years without being disturbed, they become ragged aud 
unsightly. Take the Stachys for an example ; when left undisturbed 
for several years together, it produces its large ugly flower-spikes in 
such abundance as to require the most incessant attention throughout 
the summer to keep the edging tidy. On the other hand, when 
divided and replanted annually it seldom flowers, and practically 
requires no attention to keep it in order. 
All plants used for the flower-beds, whether growing in pots or 
not, should have a thorough soaking of water the night previous to 
their being put out, for when put out with the ball of soil dry they 
suffer severely, as the water applied to them afterwards runs down 
the sides without moistening the soil in which the roots are confined. 
When they are turned out of pots, the roots should be loosened round 
the outside to enable them to strike more readily into the fresh soil. 
Loosening the roots as here suggested will, of course, take up more 
time than would be taken up in simply turning the jdants out of 
the pots and dropping them into the holes, as is so generally prac- 
tised. However, the small amount of extra time and trouble 
required will be more than repaid twentyfold, as they will grow 
away at once, instead of remaining at a standstill for several weeks. 
The plants should also have a good soaking of water in the evening 
after they are planted. A light sprinkle overhead at the same time 
will also be of immense assistance to them. 
The plants grown in beds of soil made up in the frames must 
be taken up carefully, a few at a time, and taken direct to the bed 
in either a sieve or shallow box. After the planting of the bed is 
completed, it should have a thorough soaking of water to settle the 
soil about the roots. The evening should, as far as possible, be taken 
advantage of for putting out the plants grown previously without 
pots. 
Seceetino Can’Als of Plants. — The last number of the Annales des Sciences 
Naturelles contains a memoir on the Seiteting Canals of Plants, by M. Van 
Tieghem ; a paper On the Nervation of the Ovule, by the same author; a memoir 
on the same subject, as last mentioned, by M Le Monnier ; Observations on the 
Bulhs of Lilium Thomsonianum, by M. Duchaitre (this has been already alluded 
to by ns) ; and various other papers on Cryptogamic and Fossil Botany. 
