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THE FLOEAL WOELD AND GAEDEN aUIDE. 



Galeohdolon luteum fol. var. — 

 There are two variefjated forms of 

 this noble dead nettle. They are 

 both worth a place in any garden. 



Funkia alba marginata fvl. var., 

 F. ovaiaful. ror>'.,and F. undulatafol. 

 ■car., are the three best variegated 

 Funkiaa, they make fine rockery 

 clumps, and if grown in pots will be 

 useful for furnishing when in 

 bloom. 



Gleclioma Jiederacea fol. var. — 

 There are three variegated kinds of 

 ground ivy ; all well adapted for bor- 

 ders, banks, and rockeries. 



Gnuphalium dioiciim. — A very neat 

 tufted-growing glaucous-leaved plant, 

 quite hardy, suitable for edgings. 



Hedera helix elegantissima, H. h. 

 ■maculata, hi. li. fol. var. snlphurea, 

 and S. h. argeniea. — These are varie- 

 gated varieties of the common Eng- 

 lish ivy ; they are exquisitely beauti- 

 ful, and when used as edgings to 

 long ribbon lines or great circular 

 beds, they have a very grand effect, 

 and are lively all the winter. The 

 last named is the best for an edging. 



Oxalis corniculaia rubra. — This 

 small oxalis has leaves of a deep 

 bronzy purple, or purplish brown 

 colour, and when grouped with plants 

 with silvery and golden leaves, has 

 a very curious and quite rich effect. 

 It grows freely, and is quite hardy. 

 Small clumps of it have a dull and 

 almost dingy appearance, but when 

 used extensively and judiciously, it 

 is one of the best of " foliage bed- 

 ders." 



Plantago major fol. ruhcsceiis. — 

 This is a plantain with purple leaves, 

 and may be turned to account for 

 clumps. We saw it last year in the 

 nursery of Mr. Williams, Holloway, 

 in a bed with variegated coltsfoot, and 

 the effect was decidedly pleasing as 

 well as curious. 



Prunella vulgaris fol. var. — A 

 good rockery tuft, but not smart 

 enough for edgings. 



Ruta graveolens fol. var. — This is 

 a variegated form of the common 

 Eue, and is one of the best things of 

 the kind in our own collection. It 

 forms a noble ornament on a raised 

 bank, and to keep it true, it should be 

 planted in a mixture of poor loam. 



small pebbles, and old mortar broken 

 small, equal parts. In a good soil it 

 loses its lovely yellowi«h white varie- 

 gation, and returns to its original 

 healthy green colour. In poor chalky 

 soils, where gardeners have great 

 difhctxlty in the cultivation of bedding 

 plants, this will be found iiseful, but 

 it is of too upright and rigid a 

 habit to enter largely into bedding 

 schemes. 



Stachys lanata.— The best of all 

 the woolly leaved plants for gar- 

 deners whose means are limited. 



Thymus vulgaris fol. var. — A very 

 pretty gray-leaved thyme, not showy 

 enough for beds, but very elegant in 

 a rockery. 



Trifolium rubruni piciiim. — This 

 is commonly called Shamrock, but in- 

 correctly so, for Shamrock is Oxalis 

 acetosella. It is a clover with leaves 

 stained a deep purplish brown, in 

 early spring nearly black. A large 

 tuft on a bank has a very fine ap- 

 pearance. Mr. Salter uses it as a 

 bedder, and has some very pretty 

 groups, but it is only in positions re- 

 moved from the general display in a 

 flower garden that it could be appro- 

 priately used for that purpose. 



Veronica incana, a pretty dwarf- 

 growing silvery-leaved plant, quite 

 a gem. 



Vinca major fol. elegantissima, V. 

 m. reiicv.lata. — Two lovely forms of 

 the great Periw inkle. The first has 

 creamy margins, the second is veined 

 all over in a similar way to the lovely 

 Lonicera brachypoda variegata. 



Yinca minor fol. var. argentea, 

 V. m. fol. aurea. — The first has mar- 

 gins and streaks of white, the second 

 creamy yellow; they are fine for 

 edgings, and very efl'ective in large 

 clumps under trees. 



OEKAMEXTAL GBASSES. 



Agrostis color ata fol. var. — A fine 

 strong-growing hardy grass, with the 

 leaves regularly ribbed with silvery 

 white. 



Agrostis vulgaris fol. var. — Makes 

 a fine tuft on a bank. 



Aira cosspiiosa fol. var. — An ex- 

 quisitely delicate grass of free growth, 

 and a good companion to Festuca 

 glauea. 



