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and many contortions of the human face divine, a few can manage 
G. Jacqueminot respectably (and a dear relative he is, too, with the right 
blood in his veins), yet with Geant des Batailles the success is far from 
being perfect, though they have had several years’ practice ; but I fear the 
case is quite hopeless with Eugenie Guinnoisseau, Prince Chipetouzikof, 
Alexandrine BachmetefP, Duil de Francois Willermoz, Marguerite 
Lecureaux, President d’Olbecque, and a host of others, which appear 
to defy every eattempt at pronunciation by our good friends, and 
the ingenuity displayed to overcome the difficulty by coining words 
which give a degree of passibility may be amusing to some, but is 
painful to me, who entertains a high respect for our good protectors. 
Only last autumn I overheard a fine warm-hearted fellow who is prized 
for his collection of Theas (no connection of mine, but I believe 
respectable), pronounce a warm eulogy on “ Glory of the Dungeon,” 
which happens to be his translation of the name of one of their family, 
and who has an idea in his head that it is something to do with a 
martyr to continental despotism, who has been immured in prison for 
the love of freedom, instead of being the pride of a French town. 
Now, good Mr. Editor, as I see your name on the register of the 
forthcoming court, and as our right worthy and esteemed champion the 
Knight of Caunton will be there, and our dear old friend of Sawbridge- 
worth, and our young advocate of Cheshunt, I hope my petition will 
be duly considered, and that your honourable court, which includes all 
the patrons of my family, will undertake to revise the baptismal 
register of those of our family who are christened in foreign lands, and 
give them a plain and appropriate name in the English tongue, and 
that the name so given by your honourable court be binding within 
the three kingdoms owning the sway of our lovely Queen, as well as 
in her dependencies, and you will confer a lasting debt of gratitude 
towards our very kind protectors the working gardener, and will ever 
oblige your very old and faithful 
York and Lancaster (Damask). 
LATE BLOOMING HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
The great fault found with most modern gardeners against herbaceous 
plants is the short time they continue in bloom. This was very true 
under the old system of growth, whereby they grew for years perhaps 
on one spot, with a mere dig between in the winter, and the 
customary hoeing in the summer. Their failures to last long in bloom 
under such circumstances can excite no surprise, their vigorous growth 
and the rapidity with which they exhaust the soil around them, when 
allowed to grow for several years without moving. I am a great 
admirer of this class of plants, knowing full well how much more 
enjoyment I get from them throughout the season than my neighbours 
do with their bedding plants. Residing at home throughout the year I 
am anxious to have as good a sprinkling of flowers as early and as late 
