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growing plants should be placed in 
front, and the highest kinds behind 
them, and the distance between the 
different plants should be prcpor- 
tioned to their breadth, not to their | 
height ; because a very tall-grow- 
ing plant, such as the common 
Lily, is sometimes a very narrow | 
one, and a low bushy plant, such 
as the Peony, is sometimes three 
times as broad asitis high. Hence, 
in a border which is to be composed | 
of a great variety of flowers, the 
planis cannot be placed in rows, or 
at regular distances; but a space 
must be apportioned to each plant 
according to iis width; keeping in 
view the necessity of always leav- 
ing a clear space of a few inches, 
small. With regard to the mode 
of arranging herbaceous plants in 
borders with reference to the colour 
of their flowers and time of flower- 
ing, the object ought to be to have 
an equal number of plants in flower | 
in each of the floral months; and _ 
among the plants of each month to | 
have as nearly as possible an equal 
number of each of the principal 
colours. This is the beau idéal that 
the cultivator should keep in view ; 
but it is not easy to carry it out in- 
to practice without the assistance 
of a reserve garden, and a number 
of plants in pots, that can be 
brought out when in flower on the 
shortest notice, and substituted for 
any plant which perhaps has not 
come into flower sufficiently soon, 
or which has not produced a pro- 
porticnate quantity of flowers. ‘The | 
best mode is to make a plan of the 
border; and then to mark it with | 
«ircles in the desired colours. When 
this has been done, the name of | 
.wo or three flowers of the proper 
size and colour, for the situation, 
should be written in each circle; 
and then there will be no trouble 
in planting the bed, as it will be 
only necessary to refer to the plan, 
‘to know what flowers are wanted. 
When this is not done, the flewers 
are planted at random, and they 
will require taking os a ball 
of earth attached to each when in 
flower, and shifting about till a 
proper effect 1s produced. When 
the plants named in the circles con- 
tinue only a short time in flower, 
the names of others should be given 
to fill their place when they are out 
of bloom; and in this case the 
circles may be numbered, and the 
numbers referred to a book, where 
‘the names of all the suitable plants, 
and all necessary particulars re- 
specting them, may be inscribed. 
Borper FLtowexs.—Herbaceous 
| plants of hardy constitution; showy 
round every plant, whether large or | 
in appearance, and of easy culture, 
_and therefore well adapted for orna- 
/menting the borders which acecom- 
pany walks in gardens. ‘These are 
classed as perennials with fibrous 
roots, perennials with bulbous or 
tuberous roots, biennials, and hardy 
annuals. Among the fibrous-root- 
ed perennials are some, such as 
certain species of saxifrage, pinks 
carnations, &c., which are ever 
green, and these are most desirable 
plants for the borders of winter 
_gardens. ‘There are also evergrecn 
biennials, such as wallflowers, stock 
gilliowers, &c. 
Boro'nts.— Rutdcee.-_Evergreen 
New Holland shrubs, which flower 
during the greater part of the sum. 
mer, and which are all very orna- 
‘mental. B. serruldta is a most 
desirable species, forming a neat 
compact plant for a room, or green- 
house, and requiring plenty of light 
and air, but very little heat. It, 
_and all the other species, will grow 
freely in sandy peat, weil drained, 
/and they may be propagated by 
layers or cuttings of the young 
wood in sand, under a bell-glass, 
taking care to wipe the glass fre- 
quently, so as to keep the cuttings 
free from damp. 
