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Feather ; the next with variegated Arabia, edged with either Douhle 

 Red Daisies or Auhrietia deltoides; the next with Cliveden Yellow 

 Pansy, edged with Double Crimson Daisies. 



If you cannot wait for flowers, and want a cheerful bit of colour- 

 ing that will last good all the winter, plant the bed thus : Centre of 

 Single Wallflowers, next a broad band of Stachys lanata, next two 

 rows of Aralls variegata, next Double Red or Crimson Daisies, and 

 finally an edging of JEuonymus radicans variegatus. A cheerful 

 border may be had by the following arrangement : For the back 

 row, plant a wide band of Wallflowers ; next a band of the same 

 width of Stachys lanata, then a double row of Blue Forget-me-nots,, 

 next one row of the White Forget-me-not, next two rows of Double 

 Red Daisies, and edge with Aubrietia. Here is another example for 

 a ribbon border, still more showy, and admirably adapted for a con- 

 spicuous position : Plant next the walk or grass-verge a wide row 

 of Double White Daisies, next Purple Aubrietia, next Double Red 

 Daisies, next Double Lilac Primroses, next White Arabis, or Golden 

 Feather may be substituted for the Arabis. I might give other 

 examples of a like character, and then not exhaust the list of sub- 

 jects ; but enough has been given to show how inexhaustible are the 

 materials available for spring gardening. I have not named more 

 than half the plants that are used for that purpose. 



GARDEN ROSES. 



BY W. KEMP. 



[N the selection and cultivation of Roses for the decoration 

 of the garden, and for furnishing cut flowers for the 

 drawing-room and other indoor apartments, it is neces- 

 sary to take a quite distinct course from that which 

 would be desirable were the blooms required for com- 

 petitive purposes. In the one case the chief aim is to produce a 

 few blooms of the finest quality; and in the other an abundance of 

 flowers is essential, so that they will make the garden gay with 

 colour and redolent with their delightful perfume, and also yield a 

 plentiful supply of flowers for cutting. In the selection of varieties 

 it is therefore necessary to give preference to those possessiag a 

 vigorous habit and bearing an abundance of flowers of fairly good 

 quality, decisive colouring, and fragrant. Fortunately, some ot_ our 

 finest exhibition roses combine these good qualities in an eminent 

 degree, and it need hardly be said that they are of special value tor 

 garden decoration, as the high quality of the flowers adds materially 

 to their value. Some of the best show roses are so weakly in consti- 

 tution that they require high feeding, extra care, and a severe thin- 

 ning of the buds, to insure bloom suitable for exhibition, and it is 

 varieties of this class that must have no place in the garden. 



Aaain, in the cultivation of garden roses they must be planted 

 where°ver they wUl add moat to the beauty of the pleasure grounds, 



Oecembar. 



