July 10, 1S73. ] 



JOUBNiL OF II3R1IGDLTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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OENAMENTAL PLANTING.— No. .5. 



>N mixed gi-oups ami borders of shrubs we 

 have a feature of such interest and im- 

 portance that it merits the most careful 

 attention and study. The elfcct of one form 

 with another is here fully reahsed, and the 

 peculiarities of each plant are turned to the 

 best account ; those of sombre hue and 

 heavy mould forming admirable foils to 

 others possessing the sprightly grace which 

 slender growth, upspringing or pendulous, 

 and light-coloured or variegated foliage, impart. Those 

 shrubs retaining healthy fohage throughout the winter, 



and hence termed evergreens, afford the most pleasing 

 variety when associated with deciduous forms, imparting 

 an air of warmth and fulness to what would otherwise 

 appear nalced and sterile in a very great degree during 

 that cold period of the year ; and when the warm skies 

 of spring and early summer clothe the bare death-like 

 deciduous forms with fresh foliage, crowning many, too, 

 with gay flowers, an air of freshness, life, and animation 

 pei'vades the group, which thus changing in its aspect 

 with the seasons at no time appears heavy or monotonous, 

 but contains within itself that charming variety so justly 

 admired and sought after. 



In the following arrangements of trees and shrubs I 

 have excluded any of an uncertain or doubtful character. 



Plan of a Portion of a MLxed Border of Sliruba, with a Shelterins Belt of Two Rows of Trees behind. 



naming oBly sucli sterling kinds as are to be depended 

 upon. The four detached groups are arranged in the 

 form of a circle. That being the simplest and most 

 elegant of all forms, is, I think, the best for general pur- 

 poses. Moreover, by studying the most prominent cha- 

 racteristics of the plants named, the circular arrangement 

 may very easily be modified or extended to adapt it to 

 beds of more complex or irregular outline. 



Group of flowering deciduous shrubs (see accompanying 

 tigiire) : — 



1. Rihes Banguinenm. Ciinieon. 



2. PhiladelphuRffiandifloriis. White. 



3. Deutzia crenatallore-plcno. Rose. 



4. Spirir-a arin^folia. Whitp. 

 r>. CytisuB hirsntus. Yellow. 



0. Spirtpa DoiiKlosii. Pink. 

 7. Ribes aureum. Yellow. 



Evergreen gi'oup : — 



1. Berberifl Pftrwinii. 



2. Viburuuiii Tiniis. 



3. Cotoneaster Simonsii. 



4. TIlcx europ/ra flore-pleno. 



5. Kalmia latifolia. 



0. LiRUHtnun japonicnm. 

 7. Rhododendron Brayamim. 



8. Cytisus pallidus. Cream- colonred- 



9. English Laburnum. Yellow. 



10. Double Crimson Thnm. Crimson. 



11. yyringa (Lilac) Dr. Lindley. Deep 



ciinison. 



12. AmygdftluH communiH. Pink. 



13. Magnolia conppicuafiupcrba. Wht. 



R. Cistus Iftdanifenis (Gam CiBtus). 

 9. Ilex Aquifoliuin. 



10. Kliododpnilron Barclayanum. 



11. CerasuH Insitanica. 



12. Arbutiifi Unedo. 



13. Cupresaus macrocarpa. 



No. Wl.-VoL. XXV., Nbw Sbribh. 



Mixed evergreen and deciduous group : — 



■1. JNIahonia Aqnifolium. 



5. Erica meditorranea. 



6. BerberiH Darwinii. 



7. Kalmia latifdia. 

 No. 1293.— Vol L.,Oi.d Series^ 



1. Pemettya angUBtifolia. 



2. RibcM auroum. 



3. Weigela niw^a variegata, grafted 

 and trained to the fonn of a cone. 



