unprecedented impulse to their culture, and many 
of our readers can, we are sure, look back with plea- 
sure, and enjoy over again, much of the enthusiasm 
with which they first cultivated such plants as the 
Clarkias, Collinsias, Collomias, (Enotheras, Lupines, 
Leptosiphons, and others, which we owe to that 
indefatigable collector to the London Horticultural 
Society. We now have permitted tender or half- 
hardy perennials to engross whole beds in our gar- 
dens, and to mingle their beauties in the mixed bor- 
ders, almost to the exclusion of annuals. One cause 
of this preference arises from the convenience with 
which young plants of perennials can he used at 
any time, to fill up blank spaces. The chief ob- 
jection to this practice is that the lovers of flowers 
voluntarily relinquish much of the variety which is 
attainable at so little cost. Cultivate perennials, 
hut also cultivate annuals. Cherish the beautiful 
of every class. 
To assist our readers in using annuals, just as 
conveniently as perennials ; in having them at hand 
to fill up blanks or beds whenever required, we will 
concisely mention a plan proposed, a few weeks ago, 
by Mr. Errington, in the Gardeners’ Chronicle. Cut 
from a good sward, little squares of turf, three inches 
thick and four inches across ; form in each, with a 
sharp knife, a hason-like hollow, about two inches 
and a half wide on the grassy side ; dip these for a 
minute or two— a basket full at a time, in a furnace 
of boiling water, to destroy insects and vegetable 
life. Sow your seeds in these turf pots, and keep 
them in readiness for sinking into the beds or bor- 
ders as required* 
