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reinstating them in the position they are so eminently calculated 
to fill with a beauty and fitness peculiarly their own. 
Limited even as is the class at present, there are some 
varieties quite indispensable to "a well-furnished flower-garden, 
and, bearing in mind that it is not the beauty of individual 
flowers, but their effect as a whole, joined with an enduring 
interest, that constitutes the fitness of a plant to such purposes, 
where shall we find a substitute, among yellow flowers, for the 
old C. viscosissima, it is decidedly before anything I ever met 
with in a rather extended practice ; it, or some of its near allies, 
must be grown wherever the colour is required. And for masses 
of a dark colour, such as purple, or the peculiar receding tint 
of brownish crimson, sometimes so desirable among stronger 
hues, where shall we find better subjects than among such 
varieties as Julius Csesar, Pluto, Indian Chief, or Nabob ; or if 
gayer tints be required, how supersede the crimson or brown 
blotches on a bright yellow ground of such kinds as Harlequin, 
Magician, Enchantress, or Clara. Another excellent variety, 
because of the amazing abundance of its larger flowers, is the 
Lord of the Isles. This is almost a cream colour, and, in the 
absence of a more positive complemental colour, may be employed 
between the warm shades of red or brown. 
Those who have not yet furnished all their flower-beds, would 
do well to look about for as many varieties as may be met with, 
and endeavour in the next season to originate some others. They 
are raised from seed as easily as the herbaceous kinds, and sym¬ 
ptoms of their regaining a place among fashionable flowers are 
now so unequivocally apparent, that it is time the commercial 
growers began again to collect and cultivate them. J. K. 
CALENDAR OF FRUIT AND FORCING GARDEN 
OPERATIONS. JUNE. 
Fruit Garden. Go over all grafted plants, and remove the 
suckers; thin, regulate, and tie up the young shoots from the 
scions, according to the object in view, being careful to remove 
all bandages before they become too tight, so as to interfere with 
the circulation of the sap. Towards the end of the month, peaches, 
