OK THE CUITURE OF BELLIS PERENNTS, &C. 3d 



abundantly, and grow freely in almost any situation, and also 

 increase rapidly. When planted on rockwork, by their beautiful 

 red and white blossoms, produced on flower stalks four or five 

 inches high, and growing nearly erect, they there possess a visible 

 pre-eminence over their creeping and trailing neighbours. They 

 make a very neat and gay basket, by changing the colours alter- 

 nately ; or if more agreeable, select any one colour, and make the 

 entire basket of that colour. Round the wire of the basket, may 

 be trained the Petunia violacea, or Maurandia Barclayana ; or if 

 more desirable to have the wire-work of the basket covered during 

 the winter, the Vinca major, or minor, and Rosa indica, blush 

 Indian, or the species generally called China Rose, has an exceed- 

 ingly pretty effect when intermixed with the Vinca, and trained 

 round the edge of the basket, and also over the serpentine handle. 

 If the situation is not too much exposed, this lovely Rose will 

 flower the greater part of autumn. 



The Bellis also adds greatly to the glow of colour in the par- 

 terre, when planted as an edging. Therefore, when it is intended 

 to plant them as an edging for flower beds, the earth should be 

 made firm, and afterwards the line may be put down, and a drill 

 be taken out with the spade, a proper depth for the roots. The 

 plants may then be placed in the drill in a similar manner to 

 planting box, pressing the earth firm to the roots, and let them be 

 watered as soon as they are planted. It will be necessary every 

 spring or autninn, to trim the edgings, by stretching the line 

 down, and with the spade trim each side of the edging even. This 

 should not be omitted, otherwise the edgings would appear uneven 

 and unsightly. All the above varieties may be propagated by 

 dividing the roots in the spring or autumn. As these plants 

 increase abundantly, and are apt to degenerate, if they are per- 

 mitted to remain long unremoved, I find it necessary to have them 

 taken up every second autumn or spring, when the roots are 

 divided; and previous to replanting them, the situation intended 

 to plant them in, is properly renewed with rich earth. By the 

 above mode of culture, this pretty little perennial, although of 

 humble origin, will be found worthy of the most conspicuous 

 situation in the parterre. 



The fancy of the poet has frequently drawn pleasing pictures 

 from the numberless lloial beauties with which this earth is 



