280 ON PLANTS ADAPTED FOR PLANTING IN MASSES. 



NAMES. DESCRIPTION. 



1000 Large crimson Large splendid crimson. 



1001 La Surprise Small delicate rose. 



1002 Reve du Bonheur Rosy blush, with a yellow centre. 



1003 Roi de Siam Large beautiful pure white. 



1004 Strombio Fine cream-colour, tinged with blush. 



St. Patrick. 



[The Article on Roses, as sent by our correspondent, to the amount of a 

 thousand kinds, is now closed. We have had much pleasure in inserting it; 

 because we think that it will be a standard to ascertain the correctness of 

 kinds cultivated, as well as afford direction to the selecting of sorts for a col- 

 lection, so that the various colours may be chosen, and thereby produce the 

 greater contrast. Those persons who admire and cultivate this most beautiful 

 class of plants will, we believe, appreciate with ourselves the value of the 

 above list, however lengthy it has been. A correspondent has just sent us a 

 small list of some additional kinds, which we shall insert in some future 

 Number; and as new sorts appear, we purpose giving their names and 

 colour, and the class to which they belong. This will atford information, as 

 well as discover imposition, if practised, from persons not selling the correct 

 kinds ; and we are sorry that instances of that nature havo been practised. — 

 Cond.] 



ARTICLE VIIT. — On Plants which are peculiar!,/ 

 adapted for Planting in Masses ; each kind being 

 showy and profuse in Flowering. By Flora. 



(continued from page 2j3.) 

 Commelina caleslis, Sky-blue Commelina. Triandria, Mono- 

 gynia. Commelineffi. The splendid blue flowers of this plant 

 cannot be excelled, and its profusion of blossoms renders it de- 

 serving of cultivation in every flower-garden. With me the plant 

 blooms from the middle of June to October. The roots are tuber- 

 ous, and keep well through winter, if taken up after the blooming 

 season, and preserved like Dahlia roots. Plants from the old roots 

 grow, in good soil, from three to live feet high ; those from seeds 

 reach only from one to two feet. The following is the mode of 

 management I have practised for the last two seasons : — I fixed 

 upon a circular bed, eight feet in diameter ; and the first week in 

 May I planted four feet of the centre with the old roots, placing 

 the crowns just under the surface of the soil. The outer portion 

 of the bed I planted with spring-soivn plants, that had been raised 

 in pots placed in a frame. Both the roots and plants were planted 

 about six inches apart. Thus the centre of the bed being much 

 higher than the outer part, the appearance was that of a splendid 

 blue cone of flowers, scarcely to be excelled in beauty. Seeds are 

 produced in abundance, and may be obtained of seedsmeTi at a 

 small cost.— (To be continued.) 



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