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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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eircles, ovals, and sqnares, which are never so pleasing as 

 graceful and curved figures would be iu the same position. The 

 following beds will produce a 

 good effect in the situation al- 

 luded to, and will form com- 

 panion beds to simple as well 

 as more elaborate beds laid 

 down on other parts of the 

 lawn. 



BED D. 



1. Mesembryanthemum oor- 

 dilolinm variegata. 



2. Lobelia Blue King. 



3. Lobelia Omen, rosy pur- 

 ple. — This is certainly a pretty 

 and distinct variety, of dwarf 

 habit, and a free bloomer. It 

 has been used in Kensington 

 Gardens, Hyde Park, Green 

 Park, also in the squares at 

 the Houses of Parliament, and 

 iu each place it gave the 

 greatest satisfaction. 



4. Alternanthera amccna 

 spectabilis. 



5. Iresine Lindeni. 



6. Golden Pyrethrum. 



7. Sempervivum arachnoi- 

 deum. — This is one of the 

 most interesting of the whole 

 family. It is admirably adapted 

 for edging purposes, the plant 

 being covered with a dense 

 white web, which makes it one 

 of the most conspicuous of this 

 section. It is quite hardy, 

 and will thrive in the hottest 

 situation where there is hardly 

 sufficient soil to nourish any 

 other plant. It is increased by 

 offshoots, which grow rapidly. 



BED V. 



a small bed that can be imagined. It can be used with a 

 beautiful effect in many different ways : it makes a neat line, 



Kg. 81.— Bed V. 



also a good edging. It only wants to be known to be 

 more appreciated. Three years ago I had only three 

 little plants, and I have now three thousand. I believe 

 it is quite hardy, but I keep my plants throngh the 

 winter in a cold frame. I increase my stock by di- 

 visions and cuttings in August ; I divide the plant up 

 in small pieces with a little bit of root to each, and 

 pot them. The root will soon fill the pot, and the foliage 

 soon cover its surface. To increase by cuttings, which 

 is done in spring, I first place a few pots in a gentle 

 heat and draw out the cuttings, as we gardeners call it, 

 and the shoots that are made in heat will also root 

 freely in heat. 



3. Lysimachia uummnlaria aurea. — Generally known 

 as Creeping Jenny, Moneywort, and several other 

 names. A bright golden yeUow colour, and very con- 

 stant in colour. Not a green leaf have I seen upon 

 this plant. 



4. Senecio argenteus. — This is without a doubt one 

 of the finest hardy white-foliage plants in cultivation, 

 and one that can be successfully grown in any ordinary 

 border; but it thrives best when planted in beds or 

 borders in good loam mixed with plenty of stones, as 

 in its wild state it is found growing among the loose 

 stones and debris which have fallen down the Alpine 

 mountain. It is very silvery and attractive. — N. Cole. 



1. Iresine Lindeni. 



2. Achillea umbellata.- 



Bed V. 



-Dwarf and compact, of a bluish 



white colour. It forms one of the most charming carpets for 



EOSES ON THEIR OWN BOOTS. 

 Being a great lover of Koses, I have read with in- 

 terest the articles which have appeared from time to 

 time iu your Journal both in favour of and against 

 growing Eoses on their own roots. I see at page 238 

 that Mr. J. Povall recommends Koses on their own 

 roots very highly for pot culture. Having had a few 

 years' experience in forced Roses, I find that those on 

 their own roots are far superior to Roses worked on either 

 the Briar or Manetti for substance of flowers, richness of 

 odour, and durability of the plants. 

 I insert my cuttings in October in thumb pots, and by the 



