THE PLORAL WORLD AND aARDEN GUIDE. 153 



Campanula carpatica is a lovely bedding plant ; there is nothing 

 of its kind to surpass it, whether treated as an annual or a perennial. 

 There are two varieties, the hlue and the white ; and if planted 

 separately, they make charming beds. Many other campanulas are 

 suitable for massing. 



Delpliimum formosiim gives a glorious display of blue in May 

 and June, but never lasts the season through. \\^hy not plant it 

 with something that will succeed it — for example, i\iQva7'iegated-leaved 

 Ejjilohktm hirsutum. 



Euplwrhia ci/parissius is a fast- spreading dwarf-habited plant of 

 a peculiar bluish green colour, suitable for a small bed or an edging, 

 or as a groundwork amongst plants of tall stature. It may be 

 multiplied by cuttings in the open border or by division, and thrives 

 on any tolerably dry soil. 



Festuca ovlna tenuifolia and glauca are two fine-leaved tufted 

 grasses, the first a rich deep green, the second blue. They are 

 excellent for edgings in rustic planting, but not well adapted for 

 richly-dressed grounds. 



Ileris corifolia diflers from the perennial candytufts commonly 

 in cultivation, in its large glossy deep green leaves, and its large 

 white flowers, which are produced throughout the summer. It is 

 scarcely a plant for a bed, yet, if established in an elevated position, 

 it might prove one of the best bedding plants in the garden. The 

 neat Iheris saxatile makes a charming green bed all winter, and a 

 white bed from mid- April until June, after which it ceases to flower 

 freely. 



Lathyrus latifolius aJhiis, the white everlasting pea, makes a 

 sumptuous bed if planted a yard apart on a raised surface. Perhaps 

 the other varieties of everlasting pea are equally good, but this is 

 the only one we have tried for massing. 



Lotus mrniculatus flore pleno, the double-flowering bird's-foot 

 trefoil, will make as pretty a bed of yellow flowers as any plant 

 known. A moist rich soil will suit it, but it scarcely matters whether 

 moist or dry, rich or poor. Put in little pieces a foot apart, and 

 leave it to thicken until it appears to be wearing out, which will be 

 the case in four or five years ; then destroy it, dig and manure the 

 ground, and plant the bed with something else. 



Fyrethrums and Fhloxes. — Here are fine subjects for the hardy 

 garden, and well adapted for mixing together, the phloxes to succeed 

 the pyrethrums. See former notes on these plants ; the subject is 

 too large for detail now. 



Fyretlirum Golden Feather makes a pretty sulphur-coloured mass, 

 and is well adapted for an edging. It is quite hardy, and may be 

 taken up and divided in spring, either to regulate the growth or to 

 increase the quantity. 



Nepeta violacea is a very neat glaucous-leaved plant, which pro- 

 duces abundance of lavender blue coloured flowers all the summer. 

 It will be found a good companion plant to the rosy yarrow. 



Saxifraga corclifolia is well adapted to form a mass, though its 

 flowers last but a short time in spring. Its leafage is noble, and 

 we know not why, in such a mass, we might not have summer flowers 



