Between the 1st and 15th of June, taking advantage of cloudy weather, the ray apart in soil well worked and manured with rotten dung. Basins are formed round each and water is supplied several times a day when the weather is hot and dry. Twelve or ifteen days after planting the ground is hoed, or otherwise stirred between the plants; yellow eaves are picked off; the basins are again formed, and the surface of the soil is slightly mulched. hus treated, the plants will become perfectly fresh-rooted by the first week in July. A stick s then put to each, without which it is impossible that the stems could support fifty or a hun-Ired large well-expanded flowers, which will be produced on every plant.

As the proper arrangement of flowers in a garden is very important, and as a mixture of tall and dwarf varieties of different colors has a confused appearance, the seeds of the varieties of yramidal China Asters should be gathered separately; and by marking, and sowing in regular rder accordingly, the planting can be performed early, as above directed, without waiting too ate to see the colors, To preserve the beauty of the flowers, it is advisable to shade them during he hot weather in August the shading being removed at night; but in September and October he plants are fully exposed to the light during the day, and the thin canvas is then employed for protection from the cold at night.