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TJIK GARDEMiR'S MOMIIIA 



IManh, 



bv tln'ir variety, than is obtaiiiotl hv the too fro- maritini:i ; 7, ('haniii'i)t'iic<» cassaboMii' ; and H, 

 qiU'nt rrror of tilliM<:; it up with l)Ut two or three rvretlinini iiartlienil'oliein aureuni. 

 fort'st trees of jiiiiantic ^owth. Phint thickly at Skt i\. — I. Cannahis jxi<;antea •, 2, C'anna 

 first, to fxivo the place a finished appearance, Marcilml vaillaut ; ii, Zea Japonica fol. var; 4, 

 and thin out as they ijrow oldiT. Masses of Salvia eoceinea ; 5, Centaurca £»ymnocarpa ; 0, 

 shrubs have a tine etfect on a small place. The (Jeraniuni General Grant ; 7, Achyranthus (Jil- 

 oenter of sueh masses should be tilled with ever- sonii : and B, Lobelia sj)eeiosa. 

 "n-en shrubs, to prevent a naked appearance in Skt v. — l,Iticinus santruineus ; some of this 

 the winter season. i^'enus grow almost too large, especially corn- 

 Many things that appear frosted a little at the munis, and are rather too rough for foliage-beds, 

 tops should be severely cut down; it will pre- single specimens in asheltered situation are good; 

 vent disappointment in the end. Shoots that are or may be put in occa.sional openings in the 

 injured in winter — especially in the ca.se of the shrubberies. 2, Nereum 01eand<:r; .'i, Salvia 

 rose — will often have just sullicient vigor left to | patens ; 4, Salvia patens; 5, Achyranthus Lin- 

 enable them to put forth leaves, and sometimes denii ; (>, Salvia candidissima ; 7, Alteranthera 

 even go so far as to attempt to llower, and then versicolor; and 8, Cerastium tomentosuni. 

 die off suddenly under the first hot sun. Set vi. — Gynerium argenteum ; 2, Lantana :: 

 .♦♦— j 3, Lantana; 4, Coleas Emperor Napoleon; 5, 



i Cineraria maritima ; G, Coleus Queen Victoria ; 



I 7, Ageratum album nanum ; and 8, Alteran- 



! thera spathulata. 



; Set VII. — l,Solanuni Warscewiczii ; 2, Cala- 



^„ ,, , 1. , 1 xi • 1 • c \y I dium esculentum;3, Amaranthus melancholicus:; 



Of all shapes of beds, the circle IS preferable I ^. . '.J - » i .u -.r 



' ., , , 1 T*- *i • u 4, Cineraria maritima; o, Achyranthus Ver- 



to decorate as ribbon bed. It there is any such i ' . \r t, ,, , - n i, 



,, ii X , schaffeltu ; 6, Geranium Mrs. Pollock; « ,Cuphea! 



in the center of a crosswalk, or other central; . lu t ■ *• i t . 



. , ,,, , ■!-.•< i. platvcenta ; and 8, Lonicera aureo reticulata t(» 



place, it should be chosen. Fig. 4 represents a i^ ~ '. x, , , 



f ' , ^ X . J. * e xJ x^ .„ be pegged down on the border. 



bed twenty feet in diameter, for which we will | ^ '=> 



I Set van. — 1, Arundo donax variegata; 2'„ 



_r[;'j,e Canna discolor; 3, ,C, tricolor ; 4, Achyranthe.s- 



Qj^i^ijj^ I Lindenii ; 5, Vinca alba; 6, Geranium Luicus : 



COMMUNICA riONS. 



RIBBON BEDS. 



IJY C. J. BJORKLUND, HAMPTON, VA. 



propose a choice as follows : 



I. 



Set 

 center 1 

 glauca;2,C,War- 

 czewiczii ; 3, C, 

 discolor; 4, Perilla 

 11 ankinen.sis; 5, 

 Calceolaria hy- 



7, (ilaucium corniculatuin ; and 8, Tropieolum 



star of fire. 



Set IX. — 1, Arundiuaria falcata; 2 Salvia 



splendens alba ; 3 Salvia splendcns alba ; 4, 



Coleus refulgens ; 5, Artemisia Stelleriana; 6.. 



brida ; ( shrubby)' ^hamapeuce cassabonae ; 7, Santolina incana : 



G Achvranthus ^'^^ ^- Altenanthera paronychioides. 



Verschafteltii ; 7, ^kt x.— 1, Zea gigantea ; 2, Solanum pur- 



Centaurea c a n - | P"i"f iwm; 3, Solanum purpurea; 4, Abutilon vex- 



didissima- and 8 | iHarium variegatum; 5, Coleus Verschaffeltii; G. 



Altenanthera' Grcranium Mountain of Snow ; 7, Altenanthera 



t'^o- ■^- ainoena. i versicolor; and 8, Caprosma Baueriana, etc., 



Set II.— 1, Eucalyptus globulus: 2, Canna j etc. The whole to be kept in a pyramidal shape 



zebrina; 3, Abutilon .striatum; 4, Dactylis ^Y tvimming, and not allowing the leaves of 



glomerata fol. var. ; 5, Coleus Verschatleltii ; G, t-'ither riband to interfere with the other. 



Centaureagymnocarpa ;* 7,Cupheaplatycentra; | Fig.5, a Terrace border, and a scale of an eighth 



and 8, Geranium Happy Thought. of an inch to two feet, may be decorated as 



Set III. — 1, Nereum Oleander; 2, Salvia ! follows : 1, Lobelia specio.sa, bordered by 



splendens; 3, Salvia splendens; 4, Amaranthus ! Pyrethrum parthenifolium aureuin ; 2, Lobelia 



melancholicus; 5, Vinca rosea; G, Cineraria Paxtoniana, bordered by Altenanthera versi- 



. — I color ; 3, Coleus Queen Victoria, bordered by 



•This beautiful plant has, whiereeoever I have seen it in this j Ageratum Mexicaiium nanum and Santolina 

 country, shown a disposition to rot daring: the summer, and it . ' i /~i i tt- _ u„«vn;; k^„,i-,^„^ i^-r 



is therefore risky to use it in a ribbon bed, where if only a few I mcana ; 4, Coleus Verschallellii, bordered by 

 focaHti*^'' ^'^'''^i^^^*^' '^ '*'^'' ''"' perhaps does better in other ' Centaurea candidissima and Althenanthera 



