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browns — almost black, so deep is one. These 
were in all heights, from the dwarf front row of 
9 to 12 inches, through intermediate varieties 
up to 3 feet. Many of the beds were massed 
in distinct colours, but, curiously enough, the 
more effective were those that were mixed. 
All the surrounding walls and terraces were of 
old grey stone, and it made a very pleasing 
picture. It would be interesting to know if 
the plants withstood the winter, for if they 
find it dry enough for them to live through 
rain and cold, they make magnificent bushes 
the second year. A seedling at the foot of a 
wall here in Berkshire was 5 feet high at two 
years old, and it was a glorious mass of bloom 
last year. 
Snapdragons, though generally grown from 
seed, can be easily propagated by cuttings, and 
then make earlier plants, and any desirable 
seedlings may be perpetuated in this way. If 
kept pinched, once when 4 inches high, and 
once again three weeks later, they make fine 
bushy plants. 
For the benefit of the beginner, I may say 
that it is the small side-shoots of the snap- 
dragon that are used for making cuttings in 
August and September, and are best taken off 
with a heel ; that is to say, you hold the stem 
