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These, if sown as soon after being ripe as they are sufficiently dry 
and hardened, will vegetate the ensuing spring; but if kept out of 
the ground till that period, very few of them will come up for a full 
year after. For the method of sowing the seeds, &c. see the Flower 
Garden for next month. 
Propagating Fibrous -rooted Perennial Plants. 
Most of the early flowering fibrous-rooted plants, whose flower- 
stems had been cut down in June or July will, some time in this 
month, have thrown up new suckers from the roots; then such may 
be carefully taken oft" and planted in nursery beds; or the whole 
roots may, towards the end of the month, be taken up and divided 
into many separate parts, taking care to do it in such a manner as 
that every plant or part, so separated, may be furnished with roots. 
Trim or cut oft* from each slip, or part, any long or bruised roots; 
pick oft" all decayed or declining leaves, and plant the sets or divi- 
sions in a shady border, or where they can be conveniently covered 
with mats or other covering till newly rooted. 
They should be watered immediately, and that repeated from 
time to time, till they are well taken with the ground, and in a free 
growing state. 
Pinks, sweet-william, rose-campion, scarlet-lychnis, gentianella, 
polyanthuses, primroses, double daisies, double chamomile, double 
perennial catchfly, double ragged-robin, perennial cyanus, mo- 
iiardas, penstemons, phloxes, violas, campanulas, dracocephalums, 
spirasa trifoliata, and various other kinds, may now be propagated 
in this way. 
Collecting Floivering Plants fro^m, the Woods, Fields, and Swamps. 
Many beautiful ornamental plants may now be collected from 
the woods, fields, and swamps, which would grace and embellish 
the flower garden and pleasure-grounds, if introduced thereinto: 
and that at a season when the general run of cultivated flowers are 
out of bloom; such as lobelias of various kinds, aletris farinosa, 
asclepiases, in sorts, asters, cassia marilanclica, chelones, cucubalus 
stellatus, cypripediums, dodecatheon meadia, dracocephalums, 
eupatoriums, euphorbias, and galega virginiana; gentianas, hardy 
herbaceous geraniums, gerardias, glycines, gnaphaliums, hedysa- 
rums, helianthuses and heucheras; hibiscuses, hypoxises, irises, lia- 
trises, lysimachias, melanthiums, nionardas, napseas and ophryses; 
orchises, oxalises, podalyrias, penstemons, phloxes, polygala senega, 
rhexias, rudbeckias, sarracenias and saxifragas; sylphiums, sisyrin- 
chiums, solidagoes, spigelia marilandica, trilliums, veratrums and 
veronicas; limadorum tuberosum, lilium superbum and canadense, 
erythronium americanum, together with an immense number of 
other delightful plants. 
All the above, and any other kinds you meet with, that are wor- 
thy of notice, may be taken up, whether in, or out of flower, with 
balls of earth, brought home, and planted immediately; on taking 
