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JOUHNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ May an, 1872. 



ground. Tlie wall in a great measure is covered witli Tea 

 Roses and other clioiee climbers, with about 2 feet vacant 

 space at the foot of the wall to allow of their being dressed 

 and attended to. The remainder of the bolder vii- ]'l:iii(' d in 



straight lines this season ; on some former occasions Mr. 

 Fish has had it iu difl'ereut figures, but nothing looks better 

 than straight lines. In the past season it was planted thus; 

 lir,e.'fnning at the side next the walk, which was edged with turf 



ot the usual width, the rows were as follows ■— Ist low 

 Cerastium; 2nd, Geranium Brilliant ; 3rd, Geranium Madame 

 Vaueher, a white-flowerod variety; 4th, Coleus ■ ^Jth Cal 

 eeolaria, yellow ; 6th, Ageratum, the taU variety; 7th', Geianmm 

 Trentham Rose ; 8th, Gladiolus, mostly scarlet. '""*'""'" 



It will be seen fi 1 1 11 f , ■ that th:> intention of the 



plT,utin„ IS foi the pUuts to use ^nuuallv from the walk edge 

 to the bid low neaiest the wall of Gladiolus. This they 

 di I with toleiable accuiac-j and the blooming plants all looked 

 well ind so did those giown fii their foliage. I am not sure 



