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THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
PYRAMID CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
proper time, with no 
excessive glut to be¬ 
wilder the cultivator, 
and never a defi¬ 
ciency of good things 
to make a cheerful 
display on any day 
in the whole round 
of the year. 
The principal sub¬ 
jects for plunging 
are, for early spring, 
aconites, snowdrops, 
crocuses, hyacinths, 
and tulips: for late 
spring, wallflowers, 
yellowalyssum,white 
iberis, rosy aubrietia! 
sparkling dielytra, 
bold and handsome 
crown imperials. For 
early summer, stocks, 
roses (brought on 
in pits or by slow 
forcing), yellow cy ti- 
sus,deutzias flowered 
in cold pits, rhodo¬ 
dendrons, and a few 
of the more showy 
annuals grown in 
frames. For succes¬ 
sion, geraniums, cal¬ 
ceolarias, and all the 
rest of the summer 
flowers. For Sep¬ 
tember, Sedum faba- 
rium ; for October, 
British ferns, then 
all fresh and bright, 
with any odds and 
ends of colour to 
light them up. For 
