4 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



Little flower but if I could understand 

 What you are, root and all, and all in all 

 I should know what God and man is." TENNYSON. 



The Parisian gardeners delight the public by adorning 

 the borders of the parks and promenades with beds of 

 wallflowers of the most lovely description. They are 

 grown as recommended above, and are planted so as to 

 form dense convex masses, which, during April and May, are 

 literally solid with fiery flowers. They mix the blood-red 

 and purple variety, and employ the yellow very sparingly, 

 In this country the yellow kinds are the most esteemed for 

 bedding purposes, and the favourite sorts are the Belvoir 

 Castle Yellow and the orange-coloured Tom Thumb. 



. If it is desired to establish wallflowers on ruins, rocks, 

 and walls, the seed should be sown in April or May in 

 suitable chinks, and be covered with a little fine soil, and 

 it may be well, if there is danger of the seeds being blown 

 or washed away, to cover them with a brick or tile until 

 they germinate. The single blood-red and single yellow 

 are the best for the purpose. 



