^6 Flowers in Cities. 



The plants used in the above plan are all easily obtained, and would 

 give a profusion of flowers from June, until killed by the frost. The tube- 

 roses and salvias would be especially effective in September. The 

 bedding-plants should be set in single plants. The alyssum and migno- 

 nette may be sown, or plants set out, four inches apart ; the portulaca 

 should be sown in a ribbon, or broad band ; the China roses should be set 

 out in clumps of three, nine inches apart. 



The bulbs of Tigridias should be planted. Tuberoses and Calocasia will 

 do better if turned out, having been started in pots. 



For a display of tropical plants for a warm, southern exposure, let us 

 take a garden of the same interior dimensions, — nine by eighteen feet. 



Here we must bear in mind that luxuriant foliage, and not flower, is the 

 object ; and that all the plants used, though small when planted, attain 

 great dimensions in a few months : they should, therefore, not be crowded, 

 but each allowed to develop symmetrically. 



To cover the ground, a sowing of portulaca and sweet alyssum may be 

 made broadcast all over the bed. 



Fig. 2. 

 Squares represent 2 ft X i ft. 



Turf, I ft. round front and sides. 



Inside measure, 9X18 ft. 



Outside " 10 X 20 ft. 



A. Bed for climber for trellis against house. 



