242 Notes and Gleanings. 



sum, Epidendrum atropurpureum. E. crubescens, E. macrochilum, E. vitellinum, 

 Laelia acuminata, L. albida, L. autumnalis, L. majalis, L. superbiens, Lycaste 

 aromatica, L. cruenta, L. Skinneri, MaxiHaria Hanisonii, Odontoglossum Cer- 

 vantesii, O. citrosmum, O. grande, O. Insleayii, O. maculatum, O. nebulosum, O. 

 pulcliellum, O. Rossii, Oncidium crispum, O. flexuosum, O. leucochilum, O. pul- 

 vinatum, Pleoine maculata, Sophronitis cernua, S. grandiflora, Stanhopea insig- 

 nis, S. oculata, S. Wardii, Trichopiiia tortilis, Zygopetalum crinitum, Z. Mackayii. 

 — Floral IV or Id. 



A Brilliant Flower-Bed. — Select or make a small isolated bed in some 

 spot fully exposed to the sun, and let it contain fine sandy peat, or fine sandy 

 soil of any other kind ; and let it be well drained, of course ; and place a few 

 rustic stones round the margin and through tlie bed, half or more buried in the 

 soil, so that the whole will be elevated a liitle above the grass level. Over the 

 bed, beside the stones, &c., plant a few, a select few, of the best dwarf sedums 

 and saxifrages of the incrusted section ; and perhaps, if you are fond of them, 

 a few of the very choicest spring bulbs, — such, for instance, as that little Siberian 

 exquisite PtiscJikinia scilloides^ — just to vary the bed a little at all points, and 

 give it unsurpassed charms in spring. But, for the brilliancy and chief beauty, 

 you must have a number of plants of a very beautiful hardy perennial, Calandri- 

 nia tinibellata. Make the groundwork of your bed of these, and put a few good 

 specimens on the little elevations about the highest points and tiny rocks in 

 your little bed. Plant in spring, give a good soaking of water in dry weather, 

 and wait for the result. The Calandrinia is a continuously-blooming plant; and 

 when it begins to flower, if well grown, you may expect a display of the purest 

 magenta-colored flowers for many weeks. — O'' Shane, in Floral World. 



Annuals with Red Flowers for Clumping. — The pretty " Rose of 

 Heaven " {Agrostevwia cceli-rosa) makes a fine clump, sown rather thick : the 

 plant grows a foot high ; and there are several varieties entered in seed cata- 

 logues, the best being /5j/^/'z'^ia;_/?<?r^^/^«£', which has double flowers. Crimson 

 candytuft, or Iberis nnibellata, is a fine annual, which lasts long in bloom if 

 sown in autumn, but will make a good display if sown in March. Silene artne- 

 ria, or Lobel's catchfly, produces abundance of pretty corymbs of rose-colored 

 flowers. Clarkia elegans is well known : it thrives best in poor soil, and lasts 

 longer in bloom if sown in autumn ; but it may be sown now in any kind of soil, 

 and will in due time make a beautiful display. The double Clarkias are rubbish. 

 Dianthus chinensis, the Indian pink, must not be sown in the open border until 

 April, but blooms earlier and finer if sown on a hotbed in March. All the 

 varieties named in catalogues are good, and may be purchased with perfect 

 safety. Saponaria calabrica is a lovely little rosy-flowered plant, which flowers 

 all the summer long : it is useful for any bed or border, or even for an edging 

 to a bed ; but the flowers are so small, that it produces no eifect at a distance. 

 Silene pendiila makes a charming clump of bright magenta or pink. Viscaria 

 pailata is an elegant plant, with rosy flowers : all the varieties of this are good. — 

 Floral World. 



