EMBELLISHMENTS. 



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scription of the elegant flower-garden, on the lawn at Drop- 

 more, the beds being cut out of the smooth turf. 



"The flower-garden at Dropmore is shown in Jig. ,54. 

 In this the plants are so disposed, that when in flower the 

 corresponding forms of the figure contain corresponding co- 

 loured flowers. The following is a list of the plants which 

 occupy this figure during summer, with the order in which 

 they are disposed : and a corresponding enumeration of the 

 bulbs and other plants which occupy the beds during winter 

 and spring. 



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[Fig. 54. The Flcnver-Garden at Dropmore.] 



In Summer. 



Beds. 



1. Rosa Indica, (blush China,) bordered with R. Semperfloreua 



Acre pleno, and R. Indica minor. 



2. Pelargonium inquinans, (Scarlet Geranium.) 



3. Verbena Lamberti. 



4. Senecio elegans, flora pleno. (Double Jacobea.) 



5. 5. Alonsoa incisifolia. 



6. 6. Agathea excelsis. 



7. Fuchsia coccinea, (Lady's Eardrop,) bordered with Double 



Primrose. 



8. Helitropium peruvianum. 



9. Ruellia formosa. 



10. Ageratum mexicanum. 



11. Dianthus chinensis, (Indian Pink,) and Mignonette. 



12. Lobelia splendens. 



13. Dianthus satifolius. 



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