250 FLOWER GARDEN. 



stand next the margin of the border or parterre, and they 

 should increase in heighth at they go back. To produce a 

 full show, a profusion, just now amounting to crowding, is 

 requisite. The flower-plots should present a regular bank 

 of foliage and blossom, rising gradually from the front ; 

 but as this might convey an idea of too great precision, a 

 few staring plants, on the same principle as those employ 

 ed in green-houses, should be thinly scattered over the 

 surface. These may be shrubs, or any tall showy plants, 

 such as Becconia cardata, Papaver bracteatuin, Gladiolus 

 Byzantinus, or Lilium candidum. 



Tall Perennials. Lilium giganteum, superbum, chal- 

 cedonicum. Asphodelus ramosus, or silver-rod. Phlox 

 pyramidalis. Monarda didyma, kalmiana, ciliata. Ve 

 ronica sibirca, virginica. Campanula pyramidalis. Lych 

 nis chalcedonica, fl. pi. or double scarlet lychnis ; also, 

 single white and double white. Fritillaria imperialis, or 

 Crown imperial. Rudbeckia purpurea. Clematis integri- 

 folia. Chelone barbata, scarlet, and also white, with Che- 

 lone mexicaua, and C. antwerpiensis. Delphinium grandi- 

 florum, fl. pi. or double larkspur. Acouitum Authora, 

 lycoctonum, Chinense. Astelbe rivularis. Aceta race- 

 mosa. Asclepias incarnata. Aconitum versicolor. Del 

 phinium amythestinum. Silphium perfoliatum and con- 

 junctum. 



Plants to be kept under glass during Winter, and 

 planted out in May. Lychnis (Agrostemma), Bungeana, 

 Pelargonium inquinans, cucullatum, and many hybrid va 

 rieties of great beauty. Verbena varieties. Alonosa ele- 

 gans. Phlox Drummondii and bicolor. Lobelia formosa, 

 propinqua. Nierembergia intermedia. Lantana Sello- 

 viana, Gardoquia multiflora. Salvia patens. Malwa 

 Crowena. Cineraria, different species. Veronica speciosa. 



