250 FLOWER GARDEN. 



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

 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 bracteatum, 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. Budbeckia purpurea. Clematis integri- 

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

 lone mexicana, and C. antwerpiensis. Delphinium grandi- 

 florum, fl. pi. or double larkspur. Aconitum Anthora, 

 lycoctonum, Chinense. Astelbe rivularis. Aceta race- 

 mosa. Asclepias incarnata. Aconitum versicolor. Del- 

 phinium amythestinum. Silphium perfoliatum and con- 

 juncture 



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. Nicrcmbcrgia intermedia. Lantana Sello- 

 viana, Gardoquia multiflora. Salvia patens. Malwa 

 Crowena. Cineraria, different species. Veronica speciosa 



