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THE (;.\Kni:.\i-:Ns Moxriiiv 



VApnl, 



loosoiu'd two loet deep drius dut less in Suinnur 

 than soil one foot deej). liiili soil f;ro\vs a tree 

 lai-Lrer in one year than a poor soil will in three, 

 rnder-drained soil is eooler in Summer than soil 

 not under-<lrainod. The feeding roots of trees 

 come near the surfaee ; therefore, ])l:inl no dweper 

 than necessary to keej) the tree in (he soil. If 

 there be danger of its blowing over, stake it, but 

 don't plant deep. One stake set at an angle is 

 as good as two set perpendicular. Straw or mm 

 set round the tree kecjis the bark from rubbing. 

 Large stones placed around a transplanted tree 

 are often better than a stake. They keep the 

 soil moist, admit (he air, and cncouraLre surface 

 roots. Shorten the shoots at transplanting. 

 This induces growth, and growth produces roots ; 

 and with new roots your tree is safe for auotlni- 

 season. Unpruned trees produce leaves, but 

 little growth, and less new roots. 



Unless inside of a round ring, or circular walk, 

 don't plant trees or shrubs in formal clumps. 

 The}' are abominations in the eyes of i)ersons of 

 taste. Meaningless irregularities form the oppo- 

 site extreme. Kemember, " art is nature better 

 understood.''' 



COMMUNTCA TIONS. 



CARPET BEDS. 



BY ('. .r. P..TORKLUND, H.OIPTOX, VA. 



In (rermany the arrangement of bedding 

 plants is very neat. At the numerous villas in 

 the vicinity of Hamburg there are some verv 

 good ribbon and carpet beds to be seen, the 

 style being light, and not so sharp, geometri- 

 cally, as that of the English. In the gardens at 

 Paris are some splendid ones, especially in the 

 Jardin de Luxembourg, Jardin des Plantes, 

 Jardin des Tuileries, Pare de Monceaux, Souare 

 des Buttes Chaumont, and Champs Elysees,etc. 

 In France there is in some places an excava- 

 tion dug out. on which bottom the so-called 

 carpet beds are arranged, in order to obtain a 

 view of them from above, while in the parks of 

 London the beds are often raised a few inches, 

 in order to make them show distinct above the 

 grass lawn, and both methods look well. 



In designing, there is hardly any limit for 

 variation, but it must always be kept in view to 

 join one sort to another of greatest difference in 

 color, the principles being about the same as in 

 bouquet makinsr. I ])eg leave to give a few 

 illustrations, with description of arrangement, 

 leaving it to your individual consideration. 



The beds to lay tlu-ee to five feet from the 



walks, should be (juite llat. with sharp sloping; 

 edges or sides, on which should be planlid 

 Eehevei'ias, Sempervivunis, Sedums, etc. After 

 • the planting of the (wo first mentioned, a coat of 

 I clay aiul soil made uj) into a thick mortar to be 

 given around the plants, to prevent the soil from 

 b( iii^ ( ai lied away from (he roots, or the break- 

 ing of the edge, by the rain, or 

 wa(ering, will l)e found very 

 lieneficial. 



Fm. VII. — 1, Alti-rnandiera 

 aniabilc ladfolia ; 2, Alternan- 

 tbcra versicolor; o, Pyrethrum 

 parthenifolium aureum ; 4. Al- 

 (ernandiera amiena: .') (the 

 sides), Semjjcrvivum calcara- 

 lum.* 



Fig. vrii. — Ten feet in di- 

 iinicfer. is an exception, in- 

 tended to have an even slope 

 from the center, which is suj)- 

 ])os((l to lay one foot above 

 tlu' lawn. The center, 1, is 

 Coleus Emperor Napoleon ; 2, 

 Santolina incana; 3, Pyreth- 

 rum parthenifolium ; 4, Alter- 

 nanthera versicolor; .'),Eche- 

 veria secunda glauca; A. Alter- 

 nanthera paronychioides; 7 and 

 ■^*o- '• H, Mescmbryanthemum cordi- 



blium variegatum; 9,Sempervivum Californicuni- 

 FlCr. TX. — Twentv-four feet long bv eight wide. 



1, Agave Americana folia, variegatum (single 

 specimens in the center of all the circles); 2, 

 Echeveria macrophylla ; 3, Pach5'phytum brac- 

 teosum ; 4, Sempervivum ciliare ; 5, Sedum 



*(The outer circle or border will'always represent the sides.) 

 The circles, in the center, a specimen of Scdura elesrans pic" 

 tnm ; around them Alternauthera magnifica, to Pyrethrumi 

 Alternauthera versicolor, and Sedum acre. 



