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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTURK AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ October 2, 1873. 



perfectly bewildering. Fancy a person of refined taste select- 

 ing such a walk for a promenade ! It is full time that all this 

 faulty work should cease. Richness and brightness are not in- 

 compatible with repose ; for, while striving to avoid vulgarity, 

 great care must be taken not to run into the counter evil of 

 insipidity. Considerable breadth of colour is always desirable ; 

 a few rich colours skilfully blended and toned to quietness and 

 harmony by a judicious use of neutral tints, are quite certain 

 to be appreciated. Let this plan only be more generally 

 followed, and greater attention given to the various important 

 shades of grey, purple, pink, and crimson, so as to impart a 

 softer tone, striving for harmonious blending rather than vivid 



contrast, and many flower gardens will be far more enjoyable 

 than has hitherto been the case. 



The two arrangements of bedding plants A and's, appended 

 to the plan, will serve to illustrate my meaning. The arrange- 

 ment A, sent by " Hiohfield " for criticism, whUe it is faulty, 

 is very far from being an extreme case. An excess of yellow 

 is the principal fault ; four beds of yellow, with two more 

 bordered with bright yellow, and other edgings of a yellow hue, 

 are by far too much of this strong colour for so small a garden. 

 Then, too, the edgings of 5 and and 4 and 8 would clash ; 

 and I do not think the dark-leaved Coleus is a suitable edging 

 for white variegated Geraniums. The contrast is [certainly 



FLOWER GARDEN ARRANGEMENTS. 



1. Clematis Jackmanui, bonlered with Cerastiam tomentosum. 



2. Calceolaria Aurea floribuntla, bordered with Ii-esine. 



S. Calceolaria Aurea floribunda, bordered with Alternanthera amabilis. 



4. Crimson-flowered Ivj'-leaved Geranium, bordered with variegated Saxi- 



frage. 



5. Scarlet Verbena, bordered with variegated Saxifrage. 



6. Petunia, bordered with Lady Plymouth Geranium. 



7. Verbena Purple King, bordered with Lady Plymouth Geranium. 



8. Dwarf Ageratum, bordered with Cloth of Gold Pau^y. 



9. Double Lobelia, bordered with Cloth of Gold Pansy. 



10. IVIis. Pollock, bordered with Iresine Lindeni. 



11. Golden Chain, bordered with Iresine Lindeni. 



12. Bijou Geranium, bordered with Coleus Verschaffelti. 



13. Flower of Spring, bordered with Coleus Verschaffelti. 



14. 'White-flowered Ivy-leaved Geranium, bordered with Mesembryantbemum 



cordilohum variegatum. 



15. White-flowered Horseshoe-leaved Geranium, bordered with Mesembryan- 



tbemum. 



striking, but the soft effect of a blue or light pink edging is far I 

 more pleasing. In the re- arrangement b, it will be seen that 

 the Calceolarias, yellow Pansy, scarlet Verbena, and old crim- 

 son Ivy-leaf Geranium are discarded. The soft yellow Golden 

 Pyrethrum is substituted for the grey edging around the central 

 bed, which will be very rich, making a lovely centre with the 

 four surrounding beds, which with it form a pleasing sprightly 

 harmony of white, pink, soft grey, deep violet, and pale yellow ; 

 whUe in (i, 7, 8, and 9, the colours of bolder type make a pleasing 

 — not a harsh — contra.st, leading the eye agreeably to the deep 

 rich colour of the outer beds. I would also call especial atten- I 

 tion to the fact that all the flowers are to be kept picked off | 

 the variegated Geraniums; for if this were neglected, and the 



B. 



1. Clematis Jackmani, border Golden Pyrethrum; deep violet, pale yellow, 

 2, 3. Maid of Kent or Amaranth Geranium, border SantoIiDa incana; deep 

 pink, soft fleecy grey. 



4. Flower of Spring Geranium (flowers picked off), border Altemanthera 



amwua ; white, pink. 



5. Miss Kingsbury Geranium (flowers picked off), border Altemanthera 



amo'na ; white, pink. 



6. Mrs. Pollock or Lady Cullum (flowers picked off), border Coleus 



Verschaffelti splendens; yellow, deep crimson. 



7. Golden Chain or Crystal Palace Gem (flowers picked off), border Coleus 



Verschaffelti splendens ; yellow, deep crimson. 

 8, il. Lobelia speciosa, biuder Iresine Lindeni ; blue, deep crimson. 



10. Purple Petunia, border Lady Plymouth Geranium; purple, pale yellow. 



11. Purple King Verbena, border Lady Plymouth ; purple, pale yellow. 



12. Douglas Pearson Geranium, border Mesembryantbemum cordifolium 



variegatum ; crimson scarlet, pale yellow. 



13. Eev. F. F. Fenn Geranium, border variegated Mesemhi^anthemnm ; 



deep crimson scarlet, pale yellow. I [deep blue. 



14, 15. White Ivy-leaf Geranium, border Lobelia pumila grandiflora; white^ 



flowers suffered to appear, the effect of the arrangement wonld 

 be quite BpoUt. — Edwaed Luckhurst. i:ui. 



A GAKDEN FOE STONE FKUIT, FLOWEKS, 



AND GRAPES. 



The houses are represented with the folding doors,'for the 

 ingress and egress of the small trucks closed, to prevent con- 

 fusion in the drawing. The houses are heated from one boiler 

 at the back of wall in the centre, the sunk pipes running at 

 the base of the wall to both houses ; the potting-sheds, fruit- 

 rooms, etc., at the back of the wall are heated or not as desired, 

 by the appUcatiou of open gratings over the passing pipes 



