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of Gold and Blue KingLobelia mixed ; 

 this is lovely, but Cloth of Gold and 

 Lobelia Delicata mixed is not good. 

 Lord Palmerston edged with Gold 

 Leaf. Lobelia Blue King and Gaza- 

 nia splendens mixed. Tropseolum 

 elegans and one outside row of Flower 

 of the Day; this is very fine. Comte 

 de Moray, with one row of Cloth of 

 Gold. Verbena Melindres and Ivy- 

 leaf Geranium mixed, and edged with 

 Gold Ivy-leaf. Verbena Imperatrice 

 Elizabeth and Scarlet Ivy-leaf mixed, 

 and edged with Gold Ivy-leaf. Cy- 

 bister, edged with one row Cloth of 

 Gold. Golden Chain and Blackheath 

 Beauty, a row of each alternating all 

 through, and edged with one row 

 Golden Chain. Oenothera prostata 

 and Nierembergia gracilis mixed. 

 Blue King Lobelia, mixed with varie- 

 gated Alyssum. Lady Plymouth and 

 Verbena Melindres mixed, edging 

 Golden Chain. Lady Mary Fox, and 

 Convolvulus Mauritanica for edging. 

 Dandy and blue Lobelia mixed, fine. 

 Brilliant, edged with Baron Huge! a 

 blazing red. Trentham Eose, edged 

 with Purple King Verbena. At the 

 corners of the six walks leading up 

 to the Rose Mount, are fine examples 

 of the way to plant large beds, which 

 are open to inspection from every 

 point of view. They are as follows : — 

 Centre Christine, next two rows of 

 Lady Mary Fox, a hybrid geranium 

 producing abundance of large flowers 

 of abright violet- tinted carmine colour, 

 then one row Flower of the Day, and 

 for margin two rows of Lobelia Deli- 

 catum, the flowers of which are light 

 blue, with large white eye. Cottage 

 Maid, two rows Gaines's Yellow 

 Calceolarias, two of Christine, one 

 row Tropseolum elegans for margin. 

 Fothergillii, two rows Crystal Pa- 

 lace, two rows Purple King Ver- 

 bena for margin. Perilla Nankin- 

 ensis, one row Gaines's Yellow, two 

 rows Crystal Palace, two rows Prince 

 of Orange Calceolaria, margin Blue 

 Lobelia. Calceolaria] amplexicaulis, 

 next two rows Cerise Unique, mar- 

 gin of Gnaphalium lanatum, Delphi- 

 nium, and Cottage Maid, with edging 

 of Flower of the Day. 



VicroEiA Park. — The magnificent 

 display of bedding plants at this place 



this season far surpasses all Mr. Pres- 

 toe's former efforts, and happily, in 

 all the grand designs, verbenas and 

 petunia? have been used but sparingly. 

 We cannot make room for many par- 

 ticulars respecting the planting, but 

 we select a few examples, and advise 

 all who can pay a visit to do so, for, 

 with the exception of Battersea Park, 

 it is the grandest of all the exhibitions 

 of the kind near London. On the 

 turf skirting the Avenue are some 

 neat scrolls planted ribbon fashion. 

 These are only wide enough for three 

 rows of plants, and are as follows : — 

 One row of Purple King in the centre, 

 on one side a row of Verbena Mars, 

 on the other Geant des Batailles. 

 Centre Snowflake, on one side Ocean 

 Pearl, on the other Brilliant de Vaisse. 

 Verbena Snowflake, on one side Pur- 

 ple King, on the other Lord Baglan. 

 Another scroll wider than the rest has 

 for centre Verbena Imperatrice Eliza- 

 beth, on each side a row of Dandy 

 Geranium, with Amaranthus melan- 

 cholicus, plant and plant, and margin 

 of Dandy alone. In the walk from 

 Hanover Gate, a ribbon consisting of 

 front row Variegated Alyssum, second 

 row Perilla, third Trentham Eose, 

 fourth Dahlia alba nana floribunda ; 

 this is very bright and pleasing. In 

 front of this ribbon occurs a design 

 consisting of a large narrow scroll and 

 a series of beds ; the scroll is Purple 

 King one row, and on each side one 

 row of Cerastium. All the beds are 

 in strong colours, and the simple and 

 chaste colouring of the scroll affords 

 a delightful relief. On the walk from 

 Grove Eoad Gate there is a fine 

 ribbon, consisting of Amaranthus 

 melancholicus, Tropajolum Eclipse, 

 Commander-in-Chief Geranium, Cal- 

 ceolaria aurantia floribunda (one shade 

 darker in colour than Aurea flori- 

 bunda), Trentham Eose, and Perilla. 

 At the upper end of this walk occurs 

 the grandest of the geometric schemes, 

 the planting of which must be seen to 

 be properly appreciated, but as a 

 lesson in colour, two oblong beds de- 

 serve special notice. In one of these 

 there are five large circular clumps of 

 Christine, filled in solid to the margin 

 with Calceolaria aurea floribunda. In 

 the other there are four circular 



