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to vote one way or the other, I 

 should vote for Cerastium edgings all 

 through. 



Another very artistic mode of 

 dealing with this garden would be 

 to adopt a strong predominating 

 colour, and use other colours only as 

 relief agents. Agreeably to this idea 

 I here offer a harmony in blue : — 



1, Blue Lobelia, edged with Ce- 

 rastium. 



2, 2, Tom Thumb, edged blue 

 Lobelia. 



3, 3, Sunset, edged blue Lobelia ; 

 or Sunset one side, Mrs. Pollock the 

 other. 



4, 4, 4, 4, Circular dot of Cybister. 



5, 5, 5, 5, circular dot of Stella. 



4, 4, 4, 4, and 5, 5, 5, 5, filled in 

 with blue Lobelia, enclosing the dots 

 of Cybister and Stella, and extending 

 throughout the compartment, with 

 broad margin of Cerastium. 



6, 6, 6, 6, Alma and blue Lobelia 

 mixed, plant and plant all through, 

 edged with Flower of Spring. 



7, 7, Little David, edged blue 

 Lobelia. 



8, 8, Lobelia Paxtoniana, edged 

 Flower of the Day. 



9, 9, Christine, edged Purple 

 King Verbena. 



10, 10, Crystal Palace, edged Cloth 

 of Gold. 



On the same plan, but in another 

 series of colours, is the following har- 

 mony in red :— 



1, Stella. 



2, 2, Blue Lobelia and Cloth of 

 Gold, plant and plant. 



3, 3, Attraction, or Tom Thumb. 



4, 4, 4, 4, Solid planting of Stella. 



5, 5, 5, 5, Solid planting of Chris- 

 tine. 



These blocks to be planted half 

 way with each of the two geraniums. 



6, 6, 6, 6, Amaranthus melancholi- 

 cus, edged with Centaurea ragusina. 



7, 7, Perilla, with band of Cal- 

 ceolaria canariensis. 



8, 8, Attraction, Tom Thumb, or 

 Crystal Palace, with band of blue 

 Lobelia. 



9, 9, Eose Queen, with band of 

 blue Lobelia. 



10, 10, Variegated Alyssum and 

 Alma, plant and plant. 



All the beds, except 6, 6, 6, 6, to 

 be edged alike, the best edging 

 Cerastium, but Alyssum or a selection 

 of geraniums allowable. 



Let us now see what can be done 

 with the plants enumerated in the list 

 of those of which G. M. W. V. has 

 plenty. This we may call planting 

 for convenience. 



1, Cybister, edged with Bijou. 



2, 2, Jean Valjean, a nice rose- 

 coloured geranium, with flesh co- 

 loured centre, edged with blue Lo- 

 belia. 



3, 3, Christine, edged blue Lo- 

 belia. 



4, 4, 5, 5, Two rows of Stella in 

 centre, rounding to dot at 4, 4, filled 

 in with Tom Thumb, and edged 

 Flower of the Day. 



6, 6, 6, 6, Crystal Palace, band of 

 Spitfire, edge of Flower of Spring. 



7, 7, Helen Lindsay, edged Cloth 

 of Gold. 



8, 8, Mrs. Pollock, edged Alma; 

 and Sunset, edged Alma ov Bijou. 



9, 9, Admiral Protet, edged blue 

 Lobelia. 



10, 10, Golden Fleece, edged 

 Countess of Warwick ; and Cloth of 

 Gold, edged variegated Attraction. 



As the last scheme is adapted 

 to the plants, and not the plants 

 to the scheme, some remarks on 

 G. M. W. V.'s stock may be allow- 

 able. Tom Thumb and Little David 

 are good, but Attraction and Little 

 Treasure are better. These it would 

 be well to exchange as the time and 

 circumstances allow. Golden Chain 

 is superb when it grows well, but 

 usually Cloth of Gold is better, and 

 Golden Fleece is comparatively value- 

 less. The variegated kinds in the 

 list are all good ; they are the best 

 known. Daybreak, Oriana, and Silver 

 Chain might be added to the stock 

 for use in time to come when suf- 

 ficiently plentiful. Helen Lindsay 

 might be very well exchanged for 

 Rose Queen, and there ought to be a 

 stock of Trentham Eose. The Em- 

 peror of the French we do not know. 

 Jean Valjean is a pretty geranium, 

 but rather uncertain when used as a 

 bedder. 



S. H. 



