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are. therefore, very appropriately planted together, and produce 

 a dazzling effect. Or, when planted with Delphinium Breckii, the 

 rich blue of the last blends exquisitely with the white of the 

 Feverfew. 



SALVIA. 



Salvia patens, splendens, fulgens, coccinnea, Lambourniana, 

 and other varieties of the Salvia, or ornamental Sage, are beau- 

 tiful plants for masses, or beds, when properly managed. 



Salvia pal ens. This Salvia, with large flowers, of the finest 

 ultramarine blue, perhaps, to be found in the vegetable kingdom, 

 is a very fine plant for bedding-out, to form a mass of color in 

 the flower-garden. By pegging down the shoots as they grow, 

 the dwarfish compact habit will be attained, so necessary to good 

 effect in flower-gardens arranged in this way. 



S. Lambourniana. A tall-growing species, with fine plum- 

 purple flowers. If the plant is dwarfed, by pinching off the lead- 

 ing shoots, it makes a good plant for the flower-garden. 



S. leucantha has violet-purple and lilac flowers ; is a fine 

 bedding plant. 



S. fulgens, with crimson-scarlet, S. splenden major, with ver- 

 milion-scarlet, and S. coccitmea, with scarlet flowers, are all rich 

 and showy plants for masses, but grow rather too strong for beds, 

 unless pinched in and dwarfed. 



SENECIO. 



Senecio elegans plena, or Double- Jacobea. There are a num- 

 ber of superior varieties of this flower, which are suitable for 

 bedding-out, viz., the double, crimson, purple, rose and white; 

 and these are perpetuated by raising from cuttings, as, when 

 raised from seed, extra varieties may not be expected, although 

 there may be some fine flowers. 



VERBENA. 



The habits of this interesting flower render it one of the 

 most desirable, for ornamenting the lawn, of any of the bedding 

 plants. The flowers are produced, from June to November, in 



