133 ON BEDDING PLANTS. 



China. — Archduke Charles, light rose ; Clara Sylvain, pure white ; 

 Eugene Beauharnois, bright lake ; Mrs. Bosanquet, creamy-white. 



Tea-scented. — Adam, rosy-blush; Compte de Paris, creamy -blush ; 

 Devoniensis, cream with buflf" centre ; Elise Suavage, cream with orange 

 centre ; Safrano, deep fawn. 



Noisette. — Aimie Vibert, pure white ; Narcisse, pale lemon ; Ne 

 plus Ultra, creamy-white; Ophirie, bright gold and salmon. 



The aliove will bloom till frost arrest them. None of the kinds 

 produce the green centres which some otliers are subject to. He re- 

 commends a bed of a sort, and contrasting tlie colours as distinctly ay 

 possible to produce the best effect. 



Calceolarias. — Tlie amplexicaulis is a fine kind, grows two feet 

 high, and if the plant is properly managed, by pruning in, stopping 

 the leading shoots, it forms a fine busliy oni;. The flowers are of the 

 more globe-shaped, large, and a beautiful primrose yellow colour. If 

 allowed, it rises two feet liigh, but by stopping the leads, it will bloom 

 freely at any height desired. The C. integrifolia is more woody, and 

 the flowers of a deeper colour, also of a less size, but are produced in 

 vast profusion. It is a fine species. C. viscosissima, is of a sulphur- 

 yellow colour, and l^eautiful. The Kentish Hero is a strong grower, 

 and blooms freely. The flowers are of a bronzy-red and orange 

 colour. It blooms admirably in the open air. There are some others 

 of the shrubby class, with flowers of the following colours, viz., a rich 

 crimson, purple, velvet, and orange. 



Dianthiis i-efidgens is a splendid thing for a bed. Tiie flowers 

 are of tiie richest crimson, and rise about a foot high. It blooms from 

 May to the end of the season. There are a number of beautiful varie- 

 ties of tlie old well-known Indian Pink, having double flowers, that 

 are admirable for a bed of dwarf flowers. A fine assortment has been 

 raised by the continental gardeners, and which have been sent over to 

 this country. Some witli single flowers, too, are truly elegant in 

 stripes and spots. 



Fuchsias. — I scarcely need to do more than just name this very 

 charming family of flowers, as admirable bedding plants. The slender- 

 growing kinds, such as the old F. gracilis, sjilendens, Thompsonia, 

 elegans, formosa elegans, microphylla, globosa major, coccinea, bacil- 

 laris, multiflora, and similar habited ones, do the best; their wiry 

 branches throw out the flowers to full view, and, hanging so grace- 

 fully, are admired by all beholders. Every flower garden ought to 

 have these charming ornaments. 



Hydrangeas. — These are noble flowers for a bed ; the blue, in 

 contrast with the rose-coloured, are very ])retty. The best way to 

 manage this is to have the plants in pots, and forward them in a frame 

 or greenhouse, till it is seen they are certain to have heads of bloom. 

 This being ascertained, turn them out into tlie bed. If it be desired 

 to have an early flowering bed, that can be easily provided for, and a 

 succession of later blooming plants be afterwards plunged in between 

 the first ones, or when the others fade, take them up and fill in with a 

 fresh supply. 



Mesembryanthcmum tricolor. — This makes a bed of truly beau- 



