FLOWER-GARDEN. 



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282 



Beds from No. 1 to No. 8. 



baceous plants are from a foot to two feet in 

 height, and are varied as much in each bed 

 as the number of species in the collection 

 would allow. Some may tliink that the 

 beds would be crowded with plants; but 

 such has not been the case, as the bulbs 

 have chiefly done flowering before the her- 

 baceous plants have made much growth, 

 and the herbaceous plants are nearly all 

 over before the dahlias are in full bloom ; 

 which arrangement has insured a succession 

 of flowers, from the first fine weather in 

 spring, until the frosts kill the dahlias in 

 autumn. 



283 



Beds from No. 9 to No, 12. 



The beds 9, 10, 11, and 12, are severally 

 planted with moss, perpetual, and select de- 

 ciduous roses, marked r; and difierent varie- 

 ties of herbaceous paeonies, marked p ; with 

 three patches of white lily, marked I, in each 

 bed. 



The bed numbered 9 is edged with Pri- 

 mula farinbsa and Gentiana septemfida. 



10. Edged with Gentiana acaiilis. 



11. Edged with Gentiana acaiilis. 



12. Edged with double primroses. As 

 soon as the paeoaies have done flowering, 

 China aster or Eussian stocks are planted 

 in front of each psony for an autumnal 

 bloom. 



13. Common China roses, edged with 

 aiiricula, of varieties. 



1 4 . Noisette roses, trained on a flat trelUs, 

 and edged with Eranthis hyemalis. 



15. Common China roses, edged with 

 Hepatica, of varieties. 



16. Noisette roses, on a flat trellis, and 

 edged with Muscari botryoides. 



17. Azalea pontica globosa in the centre, 



with snowdi-ops around the plant ; then :i 

 circle of Mimulus rosaes, and the bed edged 

 with Alpine auriculas. 



IS. Kalmia latifolia in the centre, sur- 

 rounded with crocuses, and edged with 

 double primrose, and planted with Lobelia 

 gracilis for the summer. 



19. Similar to No. 17, with Lobelia graci- 

 lis for the summer. 



20. Sunilar to No. 18, with Verbfcna 

 Meb'ndres for the summer. 



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Beds from No. 21 to No. 28. 

 h, White lilies; d, dahlias. 



The beds from 21 to 28 are all edged with 

 difierent varieties of Crocus and heart's- 

 ease alternately, and were planted for sum- 

 mer flowering as follows : 



21. Scarlet Pelargoniums. 



22. Salvia Grahami and S. angustifWia. 



23. Petunia nyctaginiflora. 



24. Salvia patens. 



25. Mimulus cardinalis. 



26. Nierembergia phoenicea grandifibra. 



27. Lobelia fulgens. 



28. Shrubby calceolarias. 



29. Rosa minor, edged with Hepatica, 

 and sown with Gilia tricolor. 



30. Dark China roses, edged with Saxi- 

 fraga granulata, and sown with Kaulfussia 

 amellibdes. 



31. Select China roses, edged with Saxi- 

 fraga granulata, and sown with Collinsia 

 bicolor. 



32. Tea-scented roses, edged with Hepa- 

 tica, and sown with Nemophila insignis. 



33. Choice tulips and German asters 



34. Double tulips and Eschscholtzia 

 crbcea. 



35. Double anemones and Lasthknia 

 glabrata. 



36. Double anemones and German asters. 



37. Edged with choice heart's-ease, and 

 mixed choice pelargoniums. 



38. The same as No. 87. 



39. Edged with choice heart's-ease, and 

 mixed with gi-eenhouse plants. 



40. The same as No. 39. 



41. Jonquils and AlonsiJa linearis. 



42. Ranunculus and Heliotrbpium peru- 

 vianum. 



43. Jonquils and Nierembergia gracilis. 



