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wrote in April, was a ''complete carpet of deep pui-ple, with not less tliin 

 3,600 blossoms." This violet is propagated by dividing the roots, or by 

 cuttings taken when done flowering in May, and planted out in reserve beda, 

 six inches apart, in a compost of fresh sandy soil and decayed leaves. 



860. A similar bed he recommends of Polyanthus and Alpine Auriculas. 

 Hepaticas, red, white, and blue, he also recommends ; but these being of 

 slow growth, and only flowering the second year, should be raised in tho 

 reserve garden. 



861. Our native Pulmonavia angusHfolia, P. officinalis, and P. azurea, — 

 violet, pink, and blue, he recommends, as vei*y pretty and abundant flowerers, 

 not at all particular as to soil. 



862. £ri,thronium Dens canis alhidum, white, and E. longifoliwin, blue, 

 are bulbs which increase very fast, and form beautiful beds when massed. 

 Anenomes, double and single, of every shade, are also beautiful objects. A, 

 stellata, a bright scarlet, remainining in the ground the whole year, is in- 

 creased by oflsets, which should be planted out in the reserve garden. 

 Hyacinths are beautiful and desirable in every respect, as are the turban 

 ranunculuses, — scarlet, crimson, and yellow. 



863. For smaller beds he recommends the Scillas, — sihirica, blue; lifolia, 

 lilac ; alba, white ; carnea, pink ; and 'pra:cox, blue, — which require only a light 

 soil and careful treatment. These, while suited for small beds, are better 

 adapted as edgings for beds than lor massing by themselves ; but the bulbs 

 should be planted, in November, where they are to flower. 



864. For broad border the following arrangement of herbaceous flower-roots, 

 in four rows, is recommended as fm-nishing flowers the whole length of the 

 border from March to October : — 



865. 1st Eow, next the edging. — 1. Eed, Hepatica; 2. white, Arabis; 

 3. yellow. Primrose; 4. (Enothera pumila, yellow; 5. blue, Violet; 6. red. 

 Geranium sanguineum ; 7. blue, Aster alpinus ; 8. red. Polyanthus ; 9. white. 

 Snowdrops ; 10. yellow. Crocus ; 11. blue, Gentiana acaulis ; 12. white, Omi- 

 thogalum. 



866. 2nd Eow.— Yellow, Adonis vemalis ; 2. red. Phlox ; 3. white, Gyp- 

 sophila prostrata ; 4. blue, Gentiana septemfida ; 5. yellow, Trollius asiaticus ; 



6. red, Phlox setacea ; 7. white, Pinks ; 8. blue, Campanula azm-ea ; 9. yellow, 

 Alyssum saxatile ; 10. white. Phlox suaveolens ; 11. red, Dodecatheon Meadia j 

 32. blue. Campanula carpatica. 



867. Srd Row. — 1. Red, Pteoi.y; 2. white, Spira;a trifoliata; 3. yellow. 

 Coreopsis lanceolata ; 4. blue, Iris graminea ; 5. red, Pentstemon ; 6. white, 

 Gnaphalium ; 7. yellow. Ranunculus acris flore pleno ; 8. Lupinus poly- 

 phyllus; 9. red, Scarlet Lily ; 10. Stipapennata : 11. yellow, Rudbeckia hirta; 

 12. blue. Delphinium Borloneii. 



868. 4th Row. — 1. Red, Pa^ony ; 2. blue, Campanula persicifolia ; 3. yellow, 

 Lilium tigrinum ; 4. blue, Aconitum ; 5. red. Double Lychnis ; 6. white, Lily ; 



7. red. Phlox ; 8. white, Galega alba ; 9. yellow, Helianthus miiltiflorus ; 10. 

 Campanula pyramidalis ; 11. Chelonc barbata ; 12. orange, Tritoma media. 



