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called the workshop part of the garden ; five 
rods to Dahlias, three to Roses, one each to 
Anemones, Pinks, Ranunculuses, bulbs not 
enumerated, clump-flowers, such as Petunias, 
Verbenas, and Pansies ; two to Tulips, and 
two to other subjects ; but more or less may 
be ^ven to one or other, as the fancy of the 
cultivator leads him to prefer or decline them. 
The principal thing to look after, is a good 
fence or wall; and as to soil, such a manageable- 
sized garden could almost be made new ; and 
indeed a good deal of it would be so, for the 
beds of Tulips, Ranunculuses, Pinks, and 
some others, would require a considerable por- 
tion of loam if it were not the natural soil ; 
and as we mostly have to locate where we can, 
instead of where, we desire, we must make the 
best of it. The whole should be well drained, 
for it is a waste of labour, of seed, and of plants, 
if we do not. In vain may we dress the ground 
and form new beds ; the finest compost in the 
world will be spoiled if the drainage be not 
good, and all our labour would be lost. 
illcd/sixe.) 
MULGEDIUM MACRORHIZON. 
{Boyle.) 
LAROE-ROOTED MULOADE. 
Hardy autumnal flowers are always wel- 
come ; and any addition, moreover, to our 
blue flowering plants, is sure to be looked 
upon favourably. In the present subject we 
have a perennial plant, nearly, if not quite, 
hardy, of prostrate habit, and producing very 
pretty blue flowers during the autumn. 
The plant has a thick fleshy root, of peren- 
nial duration, and prostrate or trailing stems 
two feet long, and rising but a few inches from 
the ground : the leaves are pumatifid and 
amplexical, or clasping the stem, and the 
flowers, which are of a pale delicate purple- 
blue, and individually very much like those of 
the wild Succory, are borne by the plant in a 
subcorymbose manner ; these are produced in A 
September and October, in great profusion, * 
and are succeeded — the earlier ones at least — ■ 
by seeds, from which young plants may be 
raised with facility. 
For ornamenting rock-work the peculiar 
habit of the plant admirably fits it ; and in 
such a situation it is unsurpassed, remaining a 
long time in perfection during the autumnal 
months, and covering the stones among which 
it is planted with a carpet of lively hue. In 
such situations, and for such a purpose, it is 
equal to anything we have in cultivation. 
The only drawback seems to be, that its fleshy 
roots are impatient of wet, on which account 
it requires protection, or the plants become 
injured during the winter by the dampness of 
our seasons. For this reason, it is necessary 
to place the plant in a situation where the soil 
is well drained and rendered quite dry during 
the winter ; and some slight means of protec- 
tion, sufficient to throw off the water from the 
plant, must be employed. A hand-glass sup- 
ported over the plant at a short distance from 
the ground, so as to throw off whatever rain 
might fall, admitting, at the same time, a free 
circulation of air to the plant, seems to be the 
best way of accomplishing this end. Water- 
proof covers, made of the asphalted felt, are 
also to be recommended for plants of this 
habit ; in addition to these, if the soil is 
covered for a short distance around the plant 
with some dry material, such as sawdust, 
ashes, &c, their safety will be rendered more 
certain. 
It was raised from seeds collected in Cash- 
mere or Thibet, and presented by Dr. Royle 
to the Horticultural Society of London. It 
belongs to the natural order Composite — such 
flowers as the wild Dandelion, and the Goat's- 
beard, and in the arrangement of Linnreus 
ranks under Syngenesia Polygamia. 
CULTURE OF THE GARDEN PEA. 
All varieties of the Pea require a deep, 
free, loamy soil, well manured, and deeply dug, 
or even trenched, so as to leave it light and 
porous. In sowing, the rows should range 
from north to south, except for the earliest 
crops. Sow thin, keeping the seeds of the 
tall-growing sorts at least three inches apart, 
and covering them about an inch, or an inch 
and a half, with the soil. It is usual to have 
the rows from three to six feet apart, accord- 
ing to the strength of the variety ; but it is 
much better to sow at far wider intervals, fif- 
teen feet on an average, by which means 
