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tions required to preserve the terrace mar- 

 gins or velvet lawn in the highest condi- 

 tion. 



The permanent aiid uniform condi- 

 tion of dense growth, with the penetrative 

 power of its roots, preserves it from all 

 risks of heing parched bj exti-eme expo- 

 sure in sultry weather ; and the progres- 

 sive accumulation of its moss-like growth 

 gives an elastic pressure to the foot, much 

 softer than the finest Turkey carpet. The 

 seed may be sown either in or out of pots, 

 in the usual method observed for fine 

 seeds, with a slight but uniform covering 

 of soil, and placed within either a frame, 

 cool pit, or greenhouse, using the usual 

 precaution of shading the seed-pans from 

 intense sunlight daily for a few hours, 

 until well germinated, after which it may 

 either be replanted in stores of ten to 

 fifty plants, within dishes or large pots, 

 or otherwise planted out in a rather shady 



border of the open ground for a few weeks, 

 and ultimately transplanted upon the pre- 

 pared lawn-surface in two or three plants, 

 witliiu one inch or more of each other, and 

 such little plant groups may be formed at 

 a distance of six, nine, or twelve inches 

 apart ; in such positions the growths will 

 progressively meet and form the rich and 

 beautiful surface now described. It is 

 also admirably adapted for picturesque 

 green tufts and edgings on avenue lines 

 and borders, for grouping the frout spaces 

 of massive rock- work, and surfacing par- 

 tially-raised mounds around classic foun- 

 tains and basins or artistic columns, 

 where grai's is unavailable for mowing, 

 and equally telling for cultivation in larger 

 vases, in alternate effect with the silvery 

 sheen of the beautiful Cerastium tomen- 

 iosum, on terrace verges and architectural 

 approaches. — E. G. Henderson and Son's 

 Catalogue. 



PLORISTS' FLOWERS AND NEAY PLANTS. 



SELECTIONS OF THE BEST 

 FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



riFTY OF THE BEST HOLlTHOCKa. 



Wkite.— GAdbe (Paul) ; Queen of 

 Whites (Paul) ; Veritas (Paul), lemon 

 base ; Annie (Chater), flesh-white, choco- 

 late base J Lady Willoughby D'Eresby 

 (Paul). 



Yellow. — Canary (Chater) ; El Do- 

 rado (Paul), gold yellow; Lemonade (Bir- 

 cham), purple base; Omar Pacha (Bir- 

 cham), straw, chocolate base; Primrose 

 Perfection (Paul) ; Queen of the Yellows 

 (Paul) ; Sulphur Queen (Chater) ; Walden 

 Masterpiece (Chater), lemon-shaded pink 

 — perhaps the finest hollyhock everraiied. 



Blimh and Lilac — Celestial (Paul) ; 

 Beauty of Dysart (Laing), deep, warm 

 blush ; Hecuba (Paul), purplish ; Hon. 

 Mrs. Ashley (Roake), lilac peach ; Ludy 

 Palmerston (Paul) ; Lady Tarleton (Paul), 

 pearly-flesh; Lilac Queen (Chater), purple 

 base ; Queen of Beauties (Chater), rosy 

 peach; Sovereign (Paul), dark peach. 



Crimson and Med. — Attractio.i fPauI), 

 cherry red ; Beauty of Walden (Chater), 

 carmine ; General Havelock (Paul), ruby 

 scarlet, perfect in shape, aiid very fine 

 spike ; Lady Franklin (Paul), deep rose ; 

 Lady Middleton (Chater), crimson-shaded 

 salmon ; Memuou (Paul), light crimson, 

 Tery fine ; Red Rover, fiery scarlet, splen- 



did spike J FirebaU Superb (Paul), scarlet 

 crimson. 



Dark. — Magnum Bonum, dark ma- 

 roon ; Pourpre de Tyre (Bircham), rich 

 purple ; Pourpre Noir (Paul), purple ma- 

 roon ; General Windham (Porter), claret 

 purple; Black Prince (Gibbons), shining 

 black, rather open ; Plutarch (Paul), 

 plum ; Purple Perfection (Bircham), light 

 purple. 



Fawn. — Empress (Cliater), fawn and 

 apricot; Fauns (Paul), salmon fawn; 

 llrs. Adams (Parsons), salmon pink ; 

 Mandarin, salmon fawn, not good enough 

 I'or exhibition. 



DAHLIAS. 



White and Blush. — Queen of Whites ; 

 Fanny Dods ; White Standard ; Duchess 

 of Wellington ; Miss CaroUne ; Empress ; 

 Miss Pressley (1858). 



Yellow.— 'K.iug of Yellows ; Yello i" 

 Beauty ; George Glenny ; Goldfinde 

 (1858). 



Oraw^e.— Perfection ; Duke of Wel- 

 lington; Cherub; Robert Bruce 5 Lady 

 Franklin ; Lollipop. 



Lilac— LiWac King; Annie; Ne Plus 

 Ultra ; Lady Mildmay (1858). 



Rose. — Mrs. Edwards; Rose elegans; 

 Satirist ; R-ichel Rawlings ; Annie Salter, 



Scarlet. — Scarlet King; Mrs. Wheeler; 

 Lord Palmerston ; Dazzle ; E.<partero ; 

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