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 2. Fasonies ZOU.TS t&nffoutte or 



Z. White ftBonre-s. 3. Pink Paeonres. 

 5. &srenn/a/ ffihx ** Hardfy Zs/Ses. 



KEY TO PLATE I. 



GIVING THE HEIGHT AND SEASON OF BLOOM OF THE DIFFERENT PERENNIALS, ETC. 



OUTER CIRCLE. 

 Pansies all summer. 



FIRST CORNER BED. 

 A Montbretias in corners, scarlet and orange, 



2 to 3 feet all summer. 

 B Gladioli in centre, in variety, 3 to 4 feet 



September, October. 



C Tuberoses, 3 feet August, September. 

 Border of blooming Oxalis, pink and white, 6 



inches all summer 



CENTRE BED OR MOUND. 

 i Dark red Peony, 2 feet May. 

 2 White Peony, 2 feet June. 

 3 Pink Peony, 2 feet June. 

 4 Large flowered perennial Phlox August, 

 September, October. 



xA Auratum Lily, 2 feet August, Septem- 

 ber. 



x B Speciosum Album, 2 feet August, Sep- 

 tember. 



x C Melpomene, 2 feet August, September. 



x D Auratum. 



x E Longiflorum. white, 2 feet June. 



x F Rubrum, 2 feet August. 



x G Candidum, white, 3 feet June. 



Border Phlox Subulata. 



REAR CORNER BEDS. 



North Bed Anemones, Whirlwind and Queen 

 Charlotte, white and pink, 3 feet Septem- 

 ber. 



Border Wood Anemones. 



South Bed Asters. 2 feet September, October. 



Border Auricula, 8 inches May. 



