THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
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opening, pull out the plant and destroy it. By persevering in 
(his course, and saving and sowing seed every year, you. will 
secure a fine “ strain ” of border auriculas, and if you can keep 
a border of about 150 feet length well filled with them, as we 
have done for many years, you will be able to prove, in the 
flowering season, that the auricula is one of the loveliest 
border flowers we possess. To perpetuate named varieties, 
divide the roots in July or August. 
BEST FORTY-EIGHT AURICULAS, 
Green Edge: Booth's Freedom, Leigh's Colonel Taylor, 
Dickson's Duke of Wellington, Faye's Champion , Hudson's 
Apollo, Oliver's Lovely Ann , Smith's Lycurgus , Cheetham's 
Lancashire Hero , 
Grey Edge : Headly's George Lightbody, Turner's Fnsign, 
Chapman's Maria, Turner's Competitor, Turner's Colonel 
Ohampneys, Beid's Miss Giddings, Fletcher's Ne Plus Ultra , 
Lightbody's Sir John Moore, Headly's Stapleford Hero . 
White Edge : Campbell's Robert Burns, Heap's Smiling 
Beauty, Taylor's Glory, Smith's Ne Plus Ultra, Lightbody's 
Countess of Dunmore, Wild's Bright Phoebus. 
Selfs: Spalding's Blackbird, Turner's Cheerfulness , JLT«r- 
ti/rds Fclipse, Smith's Formosa, Lightbody's Meteor Flag, 
Martin's Mrs. Sturrock, Spalding's Metropolitan, Spalding's 
Miss Brightly, Turner's Negro, Chapman's Sguire Smith , 
Headly's Boyal Purple, Headly's Lord Clyde. 
Alpines: Black Prince, Brilliant, Defiance, King of Crim¬ 
sons, Constellation, Jessie , John Leech , Landseer , Minnie , 
Novelty, Venus, Wonderful . 
Bellis.— The Daisy is a good though humble border 
flower. To grow it from seed is to make sure of a thousand 
worthless plants for one good one. There are in cultivation a 
number of beautiful named varieties, which should be pur¬ 
chased when in flower, if possible, and preferably if in po s. 
It is a sheer waste of time to plant any but the very best, and 
the best are cheap enough for the humblest amateur. They 
may be planted out at any time if taken proper care of, but 
the best time to plant, and also to take up and part for in¬ 
crease, is the month of August. In spring bedding the 
daisies play an important part in connection with anemones, 
•arabis, wallflowers, and forget-me-nots. 
