260 FLOWER GARDEX. 



for the picture, and' gardening grinds and prepares them 

 for use. The painting is continually varying, aftd new 

 shades are arriving and departing in succession. The 

 least cansideration of the subject will suggest the rule, 

 that in planting flowers they should be arranged ac- 

 cording, to their stature, otherwise many of ' the most 

 beautiful would be lost among their taller compeers. 

 The lowest plants should therefore stand next the mar- 

 gin of the border or parterre, and they should increase 

 in height as 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 

 employed in green-houses, should be thinly scattered 

 over the surface. These may be shrubs, or any tall 

 showy plants, such as Becconia cardata, Papaver brac- 

 teatum, Gladiolus Byzantinus, or Lilium candidum. 



Tall 2^erenniah. — Lilium giganteum, superbum, chal- 

 cedonicum. Asphodelus ramosus, or silver-rtfd. Phlox 

 pyramidalis. Monarda didyma, kalmiana, ciliata. 

 Veronica sibirca, virginica. Campanula pyramidalis. 

 Lychnis chalcedonica, fl. pi. or double scarlet lychnis; 

 also, single white and double white. Fritillaria imperi- 

 alis, or Crown imperial. Rudbeckia purpurea. Cle- 

 matis integrjfolia. Chelone barbata, scarlet, and also 

 wdiite, with Chelone mexicana, and C. antwerpiensis. 

 Delphinium grandiflorum, fl. pi. or double larkspur. 

 Aconitum Anthora, lycoctonura, Chinense. Astelbe 

 rivukris. Aceta racemosa. Asclepias incarnata. 

 Aconitum versicolor. Delphinium amythestinum. Sil- 

 phium perfoliatum and conjunctum. 



Plants to he kept under glass during Winter^ and 



