148 THE FLORIST. 



I would draw special attention to the importance of all arrangements 

 of flower gardens having reference to the quantity of plants of the kinds 

 required which can be conveniently furnished from such sources as 

 exist, or as the proprietor is disposed to provide. It is always better to 

 have a small parterre really well filled than to have three times the 

 extent meagrely occupied. This is a matter on which the designer 

 should bring practical knowledge to bear, and point out beforehand, when 

 additions to the manufacturing department will be necessary to enable 

 the plan being well worked out ; for the judicious arrangement, the 

 sufficient planting, and the careful after tending, are as indispensable to 

 the beauty of a flower garden as is the suitableness of the design. 



It is probable that the accompanyhig plan may be more accept- 

 able and useful if a few hints are given concerning the kinds of plants 

 which are calculated to make a good display. The list may be varied, 

 but in such variations the habits, heights, and duration of the plants 

 used should be considered, as weU as their colours. 



1. Neutral Grey. Heliotrope, mixed with a variety of grey Verbena, as 



Hamlet, Haidee, or Princess Madeline. 



Escholtzia (sown in April), with centre of yellow Calceo- 

 laria. 



Varieties of Verbena, as Emma, Andre. 



Geranium, dwarf v?riety or dwarf plants, and planted 

 upon their sides round the edge of beds. 



Variegated Alyssum, Lobelia ramosoides. 



Variegated Alyssum, Agathea ccelestis. 



2. Orange margin, 



yellow centre. 

 8. Light Purple. 



4. Scarlet. 



5. White margin, deep 



blue centre. 



6. White margin, pale 



blue centre, 



7. Pink or Rose. 



8. Brown. 



9. Deep Purple 



Varieties of Verbena, as Favourite, Marianne, Camille, 



King. 

 Calceolaria, or Dwarf French Marigold. 

 Petunia, deepest colours. 



William Davidson, Landscape Gardener. 

 37, Bloomsbury Street^ Bedford Square, London. 



NEW PLANTS. 



Some interesting novelties have been figured in Hooker's " Botanical 

 Magazine " for the present year. Among the most remarkable are 

 perhaps — 



Dipladenia Harrisi, from Trinidad, where it was discovered by Mr. Pur- 

 die. Messrs. Veitch flowered this species for the first time in Europe 

 in September last. In beauty it is surpassed by none of its congeners, 

 whether we consider the size and beauty and fragrance of its flowers of 

 metallic lustre, or its habit. The flowers are of a glossy yellow, with 

 the tube tinged externally with red, and internally streaked about the 

 eye with the same colour. We need scarcely add, it is a stove plant. 



Hoya lacunosa, found growing on trunks of trees, not only in Java 

 but in other islands of the Indian Archipelago, is a pretty little species 

 of this genus. It is not, however, so handsome as H. bella. 



Escallonia pteracladon is reported to be a decidedly hardy shrub, four 

 or five feet in height, an abundant bloomer, and fi*agrant. It is a 



