ON LAYING OUT. 
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hepaticas, saxifrage, &c., must be attended to, and propagated, 
by dividing the roots, before October closes. November is the 
season of fogs and severe frosts: if a lady is prudent, she will 
perform all these needful operations in October, and November 
will have no alarms for her. 
All the double-flowering plants, such as double sweet-william, 
double rockets, double scarlet lychnis, &c., should be placed in 
sheltered situations in October, to weather out the storms of 
winter. Double flowers are very handsome, and deserve a little 
care. 
The most charming little perennial flower which can adorn a 
lady’s garden is the scarlet verbena, but it is very difficult to pre¬ 
serve through the winter. Its beauty, however, repays the care 
which may be bestowed upon it. This tender plant—the only 
really tender root which I admit into my work—is not only de¬ 
sirable from its fine, full scarlet blossoms, but it blooms from 
April to November. The scarlet verbena loves a rich, light, dry 
border or bed, in a sunny situation ; they delight also in rock- 
work, where they have been known to exist through the winter. 
Plant the roots about six inches apart in the middle of April, and 
keep pegging down the shoots as they throw themselves along 
the bed. A profusion of flowers and plants are produced by this 
means. A bed or border sloping to the south is the best situa¬ 
tion for the scarlet verbena. 
