APPE^'DIX. 



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j Fig. 64 is a design for a garden, to contain a select collection of Dahlias 

 and Hollyhocks. 



The beds at a o, embrace small basins of water ; and, in order to 

 contrast with the othei's, may be planted with a collection of Hollyhocks. 

 The beds marked 



h h may be plant- -' ' 



ed with evergreen 

 shrubs, in order to 

 prevent the whole 

 garden from bein g 

 seen at once when 

 entering. — There 

 may also be a few 

 plants of Juni- 

 pers, or other dark 

 evergreens, sprin- 

 kled down the 

 middle of the gar- 

 den from b to b, 

 in order to form a 

 background to the 

 Dahlias and Hol- 

 lyhocks : for this 

 garden, like fig. 

 I) 3, is one of those, 

 the beauties of 

 which are to be 

 seen in succes- 

 sion, and not at a 

 single glance, as in 

 the desigu.%. 62. 

 The Dahlia beds 

 are so disposed as 

 that every variety 

 may be seen from 

 the walk. The 

 width of the beds 

 is 3 feet, which 

 will admit of two 

 rows, the plants 

 of one row alter- 

 nating with those 

 in the other. The 

 whole of the space 

 planted with Dah- 

 lias should be dug out to the depth of 2 feet, and a layer of brickbats, &c., 

 placed at the bottom of the bed, which should then be filled with rich 

 light soil. The Hollyhocks should also have a bed dug out for them, and 

 filled with rich soil. Both plants grow better for having a layer of manure 

 on the surface of the soil, while they are fonning their fiower-buds. 



FIG. 64. — DAHLIA AND HOLLYHOCS 



