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THE FLORIST AND POilOLOGIST. 
and make a very beautiful display in tlie flower garden, especially the double 
sorts, which continue some time longer in flower than the single ones, and the 
flowers are more showy. These are hardy perennials, and delight in a strong 
loamy soil and an east aspect, where they may only get the morning sun, 
though they will grow in almost any aspect not too warm, and are never 
injured 'by cold. They are easily propagated by dividing the roots after 
flowering; but you must be careful not to separate them into very small pieces, 
nor should they be parted oftener than every third or fourth year; for it is 
remarkable in this plant that when they are often removed and parted they 
sometimes die; whereas, when they are permitted to remain undisturbed for 
many years, they will thrive exceedingly, and become very large roots. For 
this reason a large stock should be grown in the reserve ground, a third part 
only of which should be removed into the flower garden every year; and these, 
after flowering, should be lifted, parted, and planted again in the reserve 
ground. By this plan you will always have a stock of good large three-year- 
old plants for the garden. 
Tile Anemone (Single).—If these are planted in warm situations in the 
reserve ground, when the seasons are favourable they will flower most part of 
winter and spring, at which time they make a fine appearance. They are 
easily lifted in bunches, and carried to the flower garden when coming into 
flower. The colours may either be kept separate or mixed ; either way they 
make a very gay bed. 
The flowers above mentioned are all very common and very cheap—so 
cheap as to be within the reach of most people who possess a garden. If 
planted with taste and judgment, what a beautiful effect they would have 
during the months of February and March. Even in many gardens of some 
pertensions this is not carried out as it deserves. We too generally see a want 
of taste and arrangement; we see a few of one thing in one part of the garden 
and of another in another part—no proper arrangement or distribution of the 
plants : hence there is no proper effect; neither do they convey that pleasure 
to the mind which they otherwise would do. If it be necessary (and no one 
will dispute it), to bestow so much attention as is generally given in the 
arrangement of the “bedding” plants for summer, when all nature is so 
beautiful, surely it is no less necessary to bestow some care and attention on the 
arrangement of these beautiful little common plants that so enliven our gardens 
in winter. 
Stour ton, M. Saul. 
NEW VARIETIES OF CELOSIAS AS DECORATIVE PLANTS. 
Having grown a quantity of the different varieties of Celosias last year, 
I find they are beautiful autumn plants for decorative purposes. In a green¬ 
house here, at present gay with Chrysanthemums, they are mixed with 
Scarlet Geraniums and other plants, and the effect they give with their plume¬ 
like flowers is quite charming. On purpose to get them early in flower in the 
autumn the seeds require to be sown in March or April in heat, and grown 
rapidly, and the plants frequently stopped to get them bushy, as they are 
naturally rambling growers. They do best in not very large pots, and require 
growing in the stove or warm pit in the summer months, and as near the glass 
as possible. As soon as they get into flower in September or October they 
will do best in the conservatory or greenhouse, and make a fine display of their 
feathery-looking flowers nearly through the winter months. The following is 
a list of varieties I have grown this year, and I find they do best in a sandy 
loamy soil, mixed with a little leaf mould :—Celosia argentea, flowers in spikes, 
