In the August number of this Magazine we gave a short catalogue of wild plants which we deemed worthy of cultivation, and promised to extend the list at some future time. We now redeem that promise by giving the following, which we consider meritorious and worth attention.

To those interested in floriculture, we would recommend, for the advancement of their gardens, one great storehouse of beauty, viz., the woods and fields, with their wealth of uncultivated blossoms. It is in the power of almost every one to draw from this source, and, such is the perversity of human nature, perhaps on this very account the opportunity is neglected. While various flowers, neither graceful nor fragrant, are admitted into the limited precincts of a garden, because, perhaps, they are rare, of difficult growth, or foreign extraction, many a wild, sweet native of our own hills and valleys would be altogether denied a place there. This is in bad taste, and the usual plea, " Oh I they are so common 1" is by no means a reasonable or satisfactory objection. Whatever is perfectly beautiful might claim a place, though this would include so immense a collection, that, of course, we would recommend a judicious selection from so vast a stock.

We find upon trial some of our native plants rather difficult to cultivate; and after a few years they entirely disappear, unless special care is bestowed upon them, and their habits studied. They appear to suffer more from the effects of freezing and thawing in the winter, thus injuring the crown of their roots; or, being thrown out of the ground by the action of the frost, they are destroyed. They receive some protection in a natural state by being in winter covered with water, grass, leaves, or snow; and should likewise be protected under cultivation, by throwing over them straw, hay, litter, or earth.

The names of the comparatively tender plants are: the Asclepias tuberoea, With its bright orange-colored flowers. It is a rare plant in this vicinity, and we know of none in a wild state. We found it on the sandy plains four miles north-west of Albany. The rich flowering Liatris sccariosa, with its raceme of bright purple flowers. Its root is a solid tuber, and truncated; that is, it has the appearance of its end being bitten off. The popular name of this plant is the "Devil's Bit." We were informed, many years ago, by an old root doctor, that it received its appellation in this way: It having come to the knowledge of the great adversary that this plant was useful to mankind, and possessed great medicinal properties, he, in order to show his enmity to our race, bit off the end of the root, thereby depriving it of its most useful properties. Upon doubting the truth of the legend, and observing to him that the roots of some other plants presented the truncated form, " Why, bless me!"replied the old man, "don't you see the marks of his teeth?"

The Liatris

The Liatris is found growing in a clayey soil, on the borders of woods. To this family we are indebted for many of our autumn ornaments in our flower-garden borders. They are herbaceous plants, propagated by division, and flourishing in common garden soil. Fine specimens of this plant can be easily obtained by seedlings.

The Indian Turnip Or Arum

The Indian Turnip Or Arum, with its singular flower, variegated inside with stripes of pale green or brown. In autumn, the plant presents its bunches of shining scarlet berries.

The Splendid Cardinal Flower

The Splendid Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis, when once introduced into a garden, will propagate itself by its seeds, and produce some fine plants.

There is another tribe of native plants that require no particular attention, but when once introduced into the garden, continue to grow and thrive for many years. The names of some of these are the Starworts, some of which are very beautiful and showy, and can be made to grow to the height of ten feet, bearing upon their spreading tops quite a large number of flowers.

The Golden Rods, Salidago

The Golden Rods, Salidago, many of them coarse but showy plants. Hardy herbaceous plants, all yellow flowered; found in all parts of the country. Propagated by division of the plant in spring in common soil. Showy at the back of herbaceous flowers.

By taking up, in the autumn, the Side-saddle Flower, Sarracenia purpurea, with the wet sphagnum attached to its roots, put into water, and cultivated like the Hyacinth, and placed on a parlor window, it will flourish, and show its curious flowers toward spring. Half hardy perennial. Division in spring; fibry peat and chopped sphagnum moss; a pit or frame will be necessary for their cultivation to keep them from freezing in winter, and to afford them a clear humid atmosphere in summer.

Many persons who set about filling a border with choice flowering plants, and who wish to make a selection of those both easy of culture and beautiful, are at a loss which to select among the thousands offered by seedsmen and florists. It is not our purpose, in this article, to offer a select list, but to make some remarks on a few of our wild plants worthy of cultivation. We omitted to mention in our former article:

The Scarlet Columbine, Aquilegia Canadensis

This well-known plant grows on dry rocky hills and in gravelly soil; of elegant habit, and bearing delicate, pendulous, scarlet and yellow mixed flowers; very showy. When removed from its wild locality to the richer soil of the garden, it grows with great luxuriance, and produces tenfold more flowers than in its wild state; but it should be transplanted into fresh soil every second or third year.

The White English Columbine

The White English Columbine should be planted together for the contrast of color. When thus situated, beautiful hybrids can easily be obtained from the seeds of the English Columbine, partaking of the character of both species, and distinct from either. Seeds in March; common soil. Seedlings flower sometimes the first, but generally the second season. All hardy herbaceous perennials. May be found growing from Canada to South Carolina.

Lily Of The Valley, Convauaria Majalis

Lily Of The Valley, Convauaria Majalis, deserves a place in every garden. It thrives best in a shady situation; a low growing plant, with racemes of white, sweet-scented flowers, and is very hardy.

Trillium Overturn

There arc eleven varieties or species of these plants in this country, from Canada to South Carolina. Some one or other may be found in most of our low, woody swamps, or on the borders of them. They are a curious tribe of plants, and very ornamental, flowering in May. The flowers are universally of three petals, and the leaves grow also in threes, called by botanists trifoliate; probably from this circumstance the name "Trillium" is derived: they are all natives of shady woods and swamps. They can be transplanted and cultivated in the common garden soil, and ought, therefore, to be planted in the border.

Pond Lily, Nymphoea Odoratajhre Pleno

There are four species of these plants in this country, of which the odorata is the most common and most beautiful. The flowers are white, tinged with yellow, and highly fragrant Common in shallow ponds. We have noticed them in a mill-pond at the Shaker Village, near Albany; in Irondequoit Bay, Lake Ontario. They are also found in mill-ponds in the vicinity of Poughkeepsie. Propagated by seeds, division of the roots of some, and separating the tube-like bottoms of others. They like a rich or loamy soil, and plenty of water about them.

Water Lily, Nuphar Kalmiana

Water Lily, Nuphar Kalmiana, small yellow, native of Canada, and the lutea, also yellow; not plenty in this section.

The Hare-Bell, Campanula Rotundifolia

The Hare-Bell, Campanula Rotundifolia, is worth cultivating for its poetic associations. The annuals are chiefly pretty low-growing plants, the seeds of which may be sown in the common border in the beginning of April.

The Biennials

The Biennials may be sown in April or beginning of May; many of them will bloom the same year; by cuttings, a perennial habit will be given to them. Perennials, chiefly by divisions of the roots and plants. Common soil for most of them; a little peat and dung for them in pots. Flowers blue.

We propose, if agreeable to the Editor, to furnish an article on the cultivation of such trees and shrubs as are distinguished for their beauty or singularity, together with the soil and locality in which they flourish.

[Certainly, we shall be glad to have it. - Ed].