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panying design will give a general notion of tlie manner in which he carried 

 out his general idea, which was to show the possibility of avoiding acute- 

 angled beds, while retaining ample variety of outline ; fig. 7 being repre- 

 sented by the five triangiilar beds within the outer circle. 

 835. Arrangement for — 



April and May. 



1. Anemone apennina, — blue. 



2. Arabis praecox, — white. 



3. Cheiranthus alpinus, — yellow. 



4. Aubrietia purpurea, — lilac. 



5. Alyssum saxatile, — yellow. 



6. Iberis aaxatilis, — white. 



7. Tulipa oculus solis, — red and black. 



Mai/ to I^ovemher. 



1. Geranium Lucia-rosea, — rose. 



2. Verbena, Princess Eoyal, — white. 



3. ,, Heloise, — dark lilac. 



4. „ White Perfection, — white. 



5. ,, Duke d'Aumale, — hluish. 



6. Calceolaria Tiscosissima, — yellow. 



7. Verbena, — Eobinson'sDefiance, scarlet. 



February and March. 



1. Helleborus niger, — white and pink. 



2. Beds of Crocus reticulatus, — blue. 



3. Eranthis hiemalis, — yellow. 



4. Galanthus plicatus, — white. 



5. Narcissus minor, — yellow, 



6. Erythronium Dens canis albiflorum, — 



white. 



7. „ Dens canis, — purple. 



Hardy AnnuaU for April and May. 



1. Silene pendula, — pink. 



2. Nemophila atomaria, — white. 



3. ,, insignis, — blue. 



4. Escholtzia crocea, — orange-yellow. 



5. Collinsia grandiflora, — blue-purple. 



6. ,, bicolor,— white and lilac. 



7. Clarkia pulchella alba,— white. 



Perhaps some more recent varieties of the Verbenas, Clarkias, Geraniums, and 

 Calceolarias, might be substituted with advantage ; but the kinds named 

 are very beautiful in masses. Fancy ribbon borders could easily be formed 

 with annuals. Cheapness, worth, and beauty, may be happily combined 

 here. For a ribbon of two strips of colour, sow ClarHa pidchella alba, and 

 Clarhia pidchella, in two separate rows 13 inches apart. For three bands of 

 coloiar, sow JVemophila insignis in front; Sa7ivitalia promivibeJis or Barto7iia 

 aurea, second ; and Purple Candytuft third. Or White Alyssum first, Virginian 

 Stocks second, and Escholtzia calif ornica third. Three rows of Nemophila 

 alone would form a pretty ribbon, — insignis in front ; 2. maculata; 3. dis- 

 coidalis. For four bands or strips of colour, sow Nemoj)hila insignis in front ; 

 Sweet Alyssum next ; Clarkia ptdchdla third ; and Erysimum perofskianum 

 fourth. If another row is wanted, add Prince's Feather, which will look right 

 regal, towering above the Erysimum. These ai-e not given as the best possible 

 combination, but merely as samples of what any one, for a few pence, and with 

 a yard or two of gi-ound, may accomplish. 



836. Flowering Grasses. — That splendid importation from the river Plate, 

 Gynerium argenteum, or Pampas-grass, should also have some dry strawy 

 litter thrown over it, and a few spruce boughs or evergreen shrubs stuck round, 

 to prevent the litter blowing away. This plant resists the cold of our ordinary 

 seasons, but was in many instances killed durmg the severity of last winter. 

 Old plants seem hardier than young ones, arising probably from the larger top 

 affording more efficient protection to the roots. The old leaves should not be 

 removed until the end of April, as they afford the best possible protection as 

 far as it goes ; only experience shows that of themselves they will not preserve 

 life : hence the necessity of a little extra litter. This is decidedly the k"ng of 



