PARTERRE. 



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PASSIFLORA. 



colours which do not contrast well 

 naturally, may be brought together 

 or near each other by the interven- 

 tion of white, or of a very dark 

 colour, approaching to black. There 

 are many low comimct growing 

 plants, with white flowers, very 

 suitable for planting out in flower- 

 beds, such as A'rabis albida, or any 

 of the white Verbenas ; and Lotus 

 jacobce'us forms the nearest approach 

 to black. Nemophila discoidalis is 

 also very nearly black. As the 

 prevailing colour in garden scenery 

 is green in all its different shades 

 and mixtures, so the prevailing 

 colour in parterres ought to be red, 

 and all its various shades and 

 mixtures. Next to red, yellow, 

 orange, and all their various shades 

 and mixtures ought to prevail, as 

 contrasting with the blue of the 

 sky, and with that of water, should 

 there be any near the flower-garden. 

 In choosing the colour for any par- 

 ticular flower-garden, it is necessary 

 to consider what coloui's are to be 

 placed adjoining it ; and in choosing 

 the colour for plants to be placed in 

 vases or pots, it is necessary to 

 consider the back-ground against 

 which they are to be seen. For 

 example, an elevated vase with the 

 sky for a background, should never 

 be planted with either blue or 

 purple flowers; but orange or red 

 flowers in such a vase will have an 

 admirable efi"ect. In botanic par- 

 terres, only one j)lant of a species or 

 variety is planted ; and that ought 

 to be kept perfectly distinct from 

 every other by a space, an inch or 

 two in width, being left all round 

 it ; but in parterres for effect, the 

 whole surface of the bed ought to be 

 covered with the same kind of 

 flower, and no part of the soil should 

 be seen. Hence, for this kind of 

 parterre, low-growing plants and 

 trailers, or creepers, such as Nie- 



rembergias and Verbenas, are most 

 desii-able ; and free-flowering tall 

 plants, such as Petunias and Dahlias, 

 ought to be pegged down. One of 

 the most useful plants for producing 

 white in parterres of effect is the 

 common Petunia, and for red the 

 different kinds of scarlet Pelargo- 

 nium, or Verbma Melindres. 



The laying out and planting of 

 parterres should always be attended 

 to by the ladies of the place, because 

 it requires a degree of taste and 

 artistical feeling which is very 

 seldom to be found among some 

 gardeners to a sufficient extent ; 

 and which, indeed, can hardly be 

 expected in many of them. 



Pasque Flower. — See Ane- 



MO^NE. 



Passeeina. — ThymelcB\e. — Spar- 

 row-wort. — Most of the species are 

 Cape shrubs, which require a green- 

 house in England, and should be 

 grown in sandy peat ; but one spe- 

 cies, P. hirsuia, is a native of the 

 South of Europe, with small yellow 

 flowers. They are all more curious 

 than beautiful. 



Passiflo'ra. — Passifldrece. ■ — 

 The Passion Flower. — The common 

 Passion Flower, Passifldra ccBrvIea, 

 is a very ornamental climber, which 

 will live in the open air in the 

 climate of London, flowering abun- 

 dantly, and ripening ft-uit every 

 year. It requires a good and some- 

 what loamy soil ; and where the 

 soil is light and sandy, a pit two 

 feet deep and two feet square should 

 be dug out and filled with a mixture 

 of loam and peat. This pit may 

 appear large for a plant with such a 

 slender root and stem as the Passion 

 Flowei', but it will not thrive imless 

 plenty of room be allowed for its 

 roots ; and, on this account only 

 the dwarf species can be grown in 

 a pot. There are several kinds of 

 Passion Flower which require a 



