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 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 ohalcedonica, 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 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- 

 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. 



