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THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
sistence; but a deep rich moist loam, or a well-manured 
clay, and a full exposure to the sun, are the conditions that 
just suit them. A great clump of pseonies (of such sorts as 
we shall presently select) on a lawn near a pond, would make 
a sensational effect in the month of June, more especially if 
started with the help of a lot of manure, and kept going by 
the aid of an annual top-dressing put on in October. As any 
mite of a pseony root will soon make a plant, it is not needful 
to say much about propagating. The proper time to lift and 
plant large roots is from August to October, but pot-plants 
from nurseries should be put out in spring, and have abun¬ 
dance of water the first season. 
The Herbaceous pseony is one of the hardiest plants in 
our gardens; not so its near relative, the Tree pseony, or 
Moutan, which is usually regarded as requiring the shelter of 
glass, and, under the best of circumstances, a most difficult 
plant to grow. The tree peeony is one of the many early- 
growing plants that suffer from keen east winds in a late 
spring; and hence, while it requires an open position, far away 
from walls and the shade of trees, it requires also the assist¬ 
ance of distant shelter, and a deep, rather dry, but ex¬ 
ceedingly rich soil, and to be liberally aided with water all the 
summer. 
LEST EIGHTEEN HERBACEOUS P2E0NIES. 
Alba mutabilis , Amabilis grandiflorct , Antwerpiensis , Comte 
de Paris , Duchesse d’ Orleans, Fdulis superba , General, Ber¬ 
trand , Lilacina superba , Mathilde, Milbourni, Nivea plenissima, 
Pio Nono , Queen Victoria , Peine Hortense , Posea plenissima 
superba, Tenuifolia flore-plena, Van Geert, Virginalis. 
Pansy.—E xhibition pansies are grown in open beds of rich 
deep soil. The best time to plant is during September and 
October. Just before they come into bloom, they should have 
a top-dressing of rotten manure. (For border cultivation, see 
page 78.) 
BEST FORTY SHOW PANSIES. 
Selfs : Arab , Cherub , Dr. P. Lee , Finale , George Keith , Im¬ 
perial Prince , Locomotive , Miss Pamsay , Miss Muir, Ophire, 
Pev. II. II. Dombrain, Snowdrop, Virgo, W. Forbes . 
