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Hibhott Gardening.— The following is 

 the arrangement of the best specimens of 

 ribbon gardening and flower beds, on the 

 grounds of William Gray, Jr., whose place 

 was visited by the American Pomological 

 Society, last fall : 



Center. 

 Mrs. Pollock Geranium, 

 Douglass Peai-son " 

 Orliicnlatnni " 



May Qnceti " 



Colcshill 



Cenlanrea gymnocarpa, 

 Colons Verscliafl'eltii, 

 Achyi-antlins Lindenii, 



Edged with 

 Kniperor Xapoleon Coleus. 

 Golden Pyrethrnnis. 

 • Pyrethrnms. 

 Koiiiga maritima var. 

 Centanrea canrtifla. 

 Orliicnlatnni Geranium. 

 Golden Pyrethrnms. 

 Phalaris arundi nocea picta. 



Mnic. Lenioine, Double Ge- 

 ranium, Mountain of Snow Goran- 

 inni. 



The Best Geranhiins. — A list of the 

 varieties, grown by Mr. Gray, is given in the 

 Report for 1873 of the 3Iassachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society : 



Of the Golden Trie dors, Mrs. Pollock has 

 again proved superior for bedding, and the 

 Silver Tricolors of little value. 



Of the Silver Edged, the Albion Cliff has 

 proved the best for bedding. 



Of Bronzes, the Moor, Rarold. and Reine 

 VicJoria, dwarf 



Of Scarlets, the Orhicidatum, Coleshill, 

 Gen. Gra?it, Kingcraft, Leonidas, Sir John 

 Moore ; and for darker shades, Douglass 

 Fear.<07i and Wellington. 



Of the Golden Leaved, the Crystal Pal- 

 ace Gem.. 



Of Pink, the May Queen and Master Chris- 

 tine. 



Best Jihododen drous. — Most of our 

 readers will remember the grand exhibition 

 of Rhododendrons, last summer, on Boston 

 Common. We observe that in the report of 

 H. Weld Fuller, a good list of the best sorts, 

 most worthy of recommendation, is published. 



Half Hardy and Tender Jihododen- 

 drons. — Of the Light Colors (pink, pale 

 rose, blush and white). Lady Armstrong, 

 Stella, Elf'ida, Purity, Concessum, Azure- 

 urn, Perfection, Odoratum, Album elegans. 

 Album gra7idiflorum and Lady Eleaiior 

 Cathcart. 



For Crimson, Mrs. Milner, Fleur de Marie, 

 Alarjn, Vandyck, H. H. Hnnnewell, H. W. 

 Sargent. 



For Blnod lied, Atrosanguinenm. 



For Scarlet, Titian, Mrs. Bovill, Brayan- 

 um. 



For Lilac, the favorite Everestianum and 

 Fastuosnm, both great bloomers. 



Hardy Bhododendrons. — If any one 

 should ask, "■Which are perfectly hardy, and 

 desirable, aiid at moderate cost ? the reply 

 may be. 



For Blush and White, Cariaceum, Deli- 

 catissimum , Album elegans and Album gran- 

 diflorum. 



For Rose, Roseum elegants and Hannibal. 



For Lilac and Pi/7-ple, Purp2ireum elegans, 

 Purpureum grandijlorum and Ewrestianum. 



For Late Bloomer, Macranthum. 



For Blood Red Fioioers and Fine Foliage, 

 A trosanguineum . 



For Dark Purple, Lee's Purple. 



For variety, add Gloriosum, Grandijiorum, 

 Gigantenm, Coehstimim and Bicolor. 



'The finest hardy white Rhododendron, is 

 is probably Mrs. John Glutton, but it is new 

 and expensive. 



yew M/iododendrons. — The following 

 new kinds were recommended by the Rhodo- 

 dendron Committee as being very desirable : 



Charles Dickens, dark scarlet. 



Caractaciis, dark purplish crimson. 



iVlrs. R. S. Holford, rich salmon, tender. 



Old Port, rich plum color, questionably 

 hardy. 



Lucidum, purplish lilac, with brown spots, 

 tender. 



Lord Clyde, intense blood color, tender. 



Onslovianu7n, waxy blush, with yellow eye, 

 questionably hardy. 



Mi?i7iie, white, with chocolate spots, tender. 



Sir Chas. Napier, rose with light center, 

 tender. 



Scipio, deep pink on edge, center light pink. 



Mrs. John Waterer, deep pink at the edge, 

 shading lighter to the center, tender. 



liihbon Beds.— One of the easiest ar- 

 rangement, is that of a bed we saw at Mr. 

 Hunnewell's, near Boston, Mass., which is 

 planted as follows : 1st row, Pyrethrum ; 2, 

 Lobelia ; 3, Snow Geranium ; 4, Aehyranthtis ; 

 5, Gen. Grant Geranium; 6, Centaurea. 



