262 THE FLOWER-GARDEN, [chap.viii. 
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from the effects of its removal. All peren¬ 
nial plants should be occasionally taken up, 
thinned, and replanted with the same pre¬ 
cautions: and the ground dug over, and 
renovated, before they are replaced. 
The most remarkable kinds of herbaceous 
plants are those called florists’ flowers. This 
name indicates plants grown principally for 
the purpose of exhibiting at some show to 
gain a prize, and on the culture of which 
an extraordinary degree of care has been 
bestowed. Most of these are either bulbs or 
tubers, but some few come under the presen„ 
head; and of these the most remarkable are 
the auricula, the polyanthus, the carnation, 
the pink, the heartsease, and the chrysan¬ 
themum. 
Auriculas are well-known and favourite 
flowers; the wild plant is a native of Switz¬ 
erland, but it is almost as different from the 
cultivated kinds, as the wild cabbage is from 
brocoli or cauliflower. The garden auriculas 
have almost innumerable names, but they 
are all divided into four kinds, very distinct 
from each other. These kinds are the green- 
edged, the grey-edged, the white-edged, and 
