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one raised by Mr. Gordon, and called 

 Blue King, the colour of which is 

 clear azure, and hence some shades 

 lighter than the older kind. The 

 circles round the pedestals are sever- 

 ally planted with Trentham Eose, 

 edged with Alma; Christine, edged 

 with Flower of the Day ; and Crystal 

 Palace Scarlet, edged with Flower of 

 the Day. It is the alternation of 

 these strong red and rose shades with 

 the silver and blue circles on the 

 Araucaria mounds, that renders the 

 colouring here so simply grand and 

 effective. 



In the chain patterns in the 

 panels at either end of the grand ter- 

 race, Christine is largely used to tone 

 down the scarlet of Crystal Palace 

 geranium, so as to admit, without 

 offence to sensitive eyes, the next 

 most telling of all promenade colours, 

 that of Calceolaria aurea floribunda. 

 In the blocks next the semicircle, the 

 large ovals consist of Crystal Palace 

 with only one row of Aurea floribunda, 

 and edging of Alyssum ; in the small 

 circles, Christine with one row of 

 Aurea, edged with variegated Alys- 

 sum, which also forms the connecting 

 links of the chain. In the panels 

 at each end next the wings of the 

 building there are four large corner 

 blocks, consisting of Cottage Maid 

 centre, next Gaines's Yellow calceo- 

 laria, next Christine, and outside all 

 Flower of the Day. Thus the calceo- 

 larias play their part, as of old, in the 

 terrace panels without violating the 

 perfect harmony which should prevail 

 there. Let all amateurs study this 

 colouring on the spot, and observe 

 how small a proportion of yellow or 

 orange is needful in a grand scheme, 

 and in any case its principal use is to 

 light up the pattern and bring out its 

 lineaments, rather than contribute 

 any of its principal features. In 

 gravel, grass, and the leaves of gera- 

 niums, we have already so much yel- 

 low that, irrespective of its peculiar 

 effect on the eye, it is the colour 

 which demands the greatest amount 

 of caution to use it advantageously. 

 In the small circular beds next the 

 main cross walk, are some exquisitely 

 beautiful examples of foliage colour- 

 ing. A centre of Perilla, one row of 



Centaurea ragusina, '"two rows of 

 Golden Chain, margin of Blue Lobe- 

 lia ; this is fine. Again, centre of 

 Centaurea ragusina, two rows of Ana- 

 ranthus melancholius, one row Cloth 

 of Gold, outside band of rosy-flowered 

 Mesembryanthemum. Again, centre 

 of Baron Bicasoli, two rows Golden 

 Chain, one row Blackheath Beauty, 

 one row Silver Queen, margin of blue 

 Lobelia. Again, St. Clair geranium, 

 one row Beaton's Black Dwarf (a 

 dwarf nosegay geranium, with flowers 

 of a deep crimson), one row Gold 

 Leaf, outside margin Blue King 

 Lobelia. 



On the Pose Mount there are some 

 very novel and agreeable effects, and 

 amongst them early in the season 

 one which our amateur friends may 

 find worthy of imitation. This is a 

 mixture of Delphinium formosum 

 with Scarlet geranium. While the 

 Delphinium lasts, there can be no- 

 thing more grand and pleasing ; and 

 as it is but seldom we see true blue in 

 combination with scarlet, the precise 

 method of effecting the combination 

 must be stated. The bed intended to 

 be appropriated in this manner must 

 be planted with strong plants of the 

 Delphinium early in the autumn. 

 These must be in rows eighteen inches 

 apart every way. As early as pos- 

 sible next May the bed must be 

 planted with strong old dwarf plants 

 of scarlet geraniums, the sort used 

 here is Crystal Palace, but Cottage 

 Maid, Tom Thumb, or Attraction 

 would do. The geraniums are in 

 single rows between the rows of Del- 

 phinium, but instead of being eighteen 

 inches apart in the row as they are, 

 must be not further apart than one 

 foot. If the Delph iniums are allowed 

 to flower in their own way, the bed 

 will be a ragged affair, but if the 

 flower-stalks are pegged down so as 

 to allow them to rise a foot high, the 

 result will be a glorious combination 

 of blue and scarlet for five or six 

 weeks, and by that time the gera- 

 niums will begin to hide the Delphi- 

 niums, and the bed will be as good as 

 any other, as a mass of scarlet. Among 

 other combinations of good character 

 in circular beds on the Eose Mount, 

 we may name the following : — Cloth 



