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plantedout in May. — Lychnis (Agrostemma) Bungeana, 

 PelargoHium inquinans, cucuUatum, and many hybrid 

 varieties of great beauty. Verbena varieties. Alonosa 

 elegans. Phlox Drummondii and bicolor. Lobelia for- 

 mosa, propinqua. Nierembergia intermedia. Lantana 

 Selloviana, Gardoquia multiflora. Salvia patens. 

 Mahva Crowena. Cineraria, different species. Vero- 

 nica speciosa. Isotoma axillaris. Anagallis Monelli, 

 grandiflora ccerulea, Phillipsii. Trachelium coeruleum. 

 Lobelia ignea, Milleri, splendens violacea. Pentstemon 

 coboea, Murrayanus. Gardoquia betonicoides. Agathe 

 coelestis. Ageratum coslestinum. Calceolaria, Prince 

 Albert and floribunda. Petunia, Prince Alfred-Ernest, 

 Dnchess of Kent, and Simpsonii. 



The management of color is more difficult. ^ When 

 the long duration of the flowering season is considered, 

 it will be obvious that it is impossible to keep up the 

 show of a single border or plot for six months together, 

 and consequently, that much of the labor employed 

 in mixing colors is misspent, since plants, as they are 

 commonly arranged, come dropping into flower one 

 after another: and even where a certain number are 

 in bloom at the same time, they necessarily stand apart, 

 and so the eff'ects of contrast, which can be perceived 

 only among adjacent objects, are entirely lost. To 

 obviate this defect,- it has been recommended that 

 ornamental plants should be formed into four or five 

 separate suites of flowering, to be distributed over the 

 garden. Not to mention the more vernal flower, the 

 first might contain the flora of May; the second that of 

 June; the third that of July; and the fourth the tribes 

 of August and the following months. These plants 

 should be kept in separate compartments, arranged 



