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4 and 5 5, can be extended to meet opposite the centres of the four 

 circles : 7, made up of Echeveria secunda glauca, \\dth a Patchyphytum 

 every 2 feet, makes an interesting line ; 8, a dense line of Sempervivum 

 Californicum ; and 9, the outer line, of Saxifraga pectinata. 



The groundwork — 10 — can be of two distinct plants; the one ex- 

 tending from the centre outwards to touch the inner points of 4 and 

 5, and the other filling up the remainder of it. The inner half might 

 be of the pretty variegated Aubrietia, or the still more common 

 Cerastium kept dwarf — while the outer half may be of a dwarf dense 

 Saxifraga or Sedam ; or the entire groundwork may be of one plant, 

 in which case we recommend it to be of some glaucous Saxifrage or 

 dwarf Sempervivum, or some silvery close-growing plant, such as An- 

 tennaria tomentosa. 



If planting after this manner be too much for a garden's richness in 

 these plants, then let a groundwork be formed, according to fancy or 

 taste, of the dwarf Sedums, Saxifrages, or Sempervivums, and let a 

 few specimens be dotted over it, and finish the bed with two or three 

 lines of some dwarf hardy plants. 



1. Centre plant, Agave Americana variegata, surrounded with large plants of 



Echeveria metallica, the outline being formed of Sempervivum Bolli. 



2, 2. Large centre plants of the massive dark green Sempervivum giganteum, 



surrounded with dwarfer plants of Rochea falcata, finished with Eche- 

 veria glauca metallica. 

 .3, 3. Large centre plant of the interesting Sempervivum robustum, surrounded 

 with Sempervivum Canariense, and finished with Echeveria retusa 

 glauca. 



4, 4. Large centre plants of ionium arboreum, surrounded with Patchyphytum 



bracteatiim, and finished with Echeveria atropurpurea. 



5, 5. Centre plant of Kleimia ficoides, surrounded with Echeveria pulverulenta, 



and finished with Echeveria secunda glauca major. 



We do not recommend the mixing in of these curious-looking plants 

 with flowering things. Were we to make an exception, it would be in 

 favour of Mesembryanthemums. 



A circular bed of this sort can easily be traced out into many dif- 

 ferent patterns ; but in this, as in all flower-garden arrangements, we 

 advocate simplicity and ease. All intricate angularities, especially 

 when attempted within a circular bed, we regard as little better than 

 a confusion of things, ,and as lessening the chances of successfully 

 accomplishing the end in view. 



Select List of Curious-looking and Succulent Plants that require Greenliouse 

 Temperature. Those marked * are stemless. 



iEonium arboreum. ionium ciliare. 



^Eonium arboreum variegatum. ^Eonium glutinosum. 



iEonium arboreum atropurpureum. * Agave Americana. 



ionium arboreum vittatum. * Agave Americana medio lineata. 



