THE' FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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Please inform me the most eligible 

 kind of the preceding trees for filling a 

 small angular plantation, containing about 

 300 square yards. The soil is rather deep, 

 and tolerably moist, situation level, but 

 open to the north and east. The site is 

 300 yards from the house, and is con- 

 spicuous. 



Wanted also, plants for two vases, two 

 feet in diameter. 



Nantwich. P. B. 



[It must depend upon the width and 

 shape of the " narrow plantation," how the 

 planting is perfonned. If shrubs are re- 

 quired, the best for the purpose are the fol- 

 lowing •.—ZiigvMrum luciduin sempervirens, 

 which has a foliage almost equal in beauty 

 to that of a Camellia, but the true 

 sort is unknown in many parts of the 

 country ; common evergreen Privet ; any 

 varieties of tree Bos ; also Corniis san- 

 guinea, C. mascula variegata, and C. 

 sempervirens. We have Taxus adpressa 

 and Tiixns canadensis doing amazingly 

 well under a very dense shade of trees, and 

 as adpressa is very dwarf and spreading, 

 it may be used as a surfacing plant for 

 such a spot. For specimen plants in con- 

 spicuous positions, Cephalotaxus Fortuni 

 will furnish a rich deep green ; the silver- 

 leaved Box {B. semp. argentea), a striking 

 relief tint ; and Berberis Darwinii, a warm 

 autumnal colour. For the front, the fol- 

 lowing are most beautiful : — Berheris 

 japonica, Bealii, Bulcis, and the common 

 B, aquifolium ; Skimtnia Japonica, which 



bears a profusion of scarlet berries. With 



the exception of the Berheris and Skiimnia, 



which require rich sandy loam, all the 



foregoing will prosper in your soil. For 



surfacing, use Irish and English Ivy ; 



the large-leaved Ivy, H. Begneriana, and, 



the variegated Ivies, also Periwinkles 



Androsaceum, Aspervla, Violets, and 



Butcher's Broom. Bubus discolor, R. 



radula, R. ccesius, fol. var., and B. frub 



cususjlore-pleno. Oaultheria procumbenSy 



and shallon, are most beautiful to run 



about the ground in such a spot, but must 



be planted iu peat, and liave abundance 



of water. Hardy Ferns and Primulas may 



be added for clumps. For the angular 



piece, there can be nothing better than 



i'ew, planted thick, and to be thinned 



from time to time. But Yews alone will 



make too much lateral growth, and, to 



draw them up, plant Spruce at regular 



distances amongst them, and keep the 



Yews to single leaders. A few deciduous 



Cypress on the side next the house would 



give the piece a cheerful tone during the 



summer. If the vases are stone, and 



elevated to a level with the eye, there can be 



nothing better than Fuchsias — say, centre, 



Bo-peep, or Bar.ks's Gloi-y, and round 



it, Albert Smith, Coeur de Lion, and Little 



Treasure, six inches apart and three inches 



from the edge. For tit-bits to bang down, 



u.-e the common and variegated Linariu, 



ctjmbalaria. There are hundreds of v/ays 



of planting vases, but success depends on 



suiting the planting to the character of 



the vases, and the positions they occupy.] 



NOTES FOR APEIL. 



KITCHEN GAKDEN. 

 Continue planting any potatoes that re- 

 main out of the ground. Early sorts are the 

 safest, and the best plan is to plant without 

 manui'e. Sets that have long, white, ten- 

 der sprouts are useless ; the sprouts should 

 be short and hard, so as to bear moderate 

 handling without breaking off. Make up 

 the bed for the main supply of cucumbers, 

 and either sow at once on the beds, or 

 turn the plants out of pots. Essex Rival 

 is one of the best to grow for summer and 

 autumn. Hunter's Prolific, Carter's Cham- 

 pion, Ipswich Standard, and Sutton's Vic- 

 tory still keep their ground as first-rate 

 sorts, and there is none to beat Stock- 

 wood for ridging out. For full details 

 of cucumber culture refer back to 

 last year's volume. Weeding is an im- 

 portant matter now ; keep the hoe at work 



j among all growing crops. In seed-beds 

 [ the best weeding tool is a common table- 

 ; fork if the ground is hard, but in showery 

 ! weather weeds can be drawn while young 

 I with the liand, and should be got out as 

 j soon as they appear, or the seedling plants 

 I will be drawn and weakly. 

 I Sow sea-kale, rhubarb, asparagus, cab- 

 bages of all kinds, cottager's and Scotch 

 kale, Brussels sprouts, saladings, turnip- 

 radish, dwarf kidney-beans, spinach, beet, 

 carrot, parsnip, parsley, peas and beans 

 for succession. Turner's Cottager's Kale 

 and Roseberry Sprouts have ijroved of 

 more than first-rate excellence as winter 

 and spring vegetables, and should be sown 

 in good breadths, as they are certain to 

 supersede some of the old varieties. Brus- 

 sels sprouts come as true from English- 

 sowed seed as from foreign ; there is, there- 



