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beautiful manner, we have given four designs in our last 

 volume, either of which, planted with a reference to their 

 colors, would have a fine effect. Or, when so much ground 

 cannot be spared for flowers alone, they may be planted in 

 combination with roses, shrubs, and evergreens, as we have 

 stated in our remarks illustrative of each design. We should 

 be pleased, however, to see the parterre as a distinct feature 

 more frequently introduced, for, however interesting the mix- 

 ed garden may be, it never can be made to produce that bril- 

 liant show which belongs only to the grouping system. Any 

 person of taste can readily imagine how striking would be the 

 appearance of a garden laid out according to Design No. 3, 

 (p. 330.) 



Among the variety of articles upon the cultivation of plants 

 in our last volume, we may refer to that by Mr. Allen on the 

 treatment of the Victoria regia ; which, though not of general 

 application, shows how easily this great lily may be raised. 

 Other papers, of a more popular character, because interesting 

 more or less to every reader, are those on the Culture of the 

 Pompone Chrysanthemums and Cinerarias, two of the most 

 showy autumn and spring flowering greenhouse plants. Both 

 of them are great additions to every collection. Through the 

 exertions of the French and English cultivators they have 

 each been brought to a high state of perfection, and now hold 

 a prominent rank among florists' flowers. They deserve the 

 especial attention of all amateurs. 



In a recent volume we copied a very instructive article on the 

 culture of the Hollyhock, and hoped it might have a tendency 

 to (Jraw attention to this very showy hardy border flower, not 

 surpassed in its present improved state by scarcely any other 

 plant. But, so long has it been neglected as a coarse flower, 

 and so little known are the new varieties, that cultivators are 

 slow to introduce what was at one time almost banished from 

 our gardens. The importation of some of the choice foreign 

 kinds has, however, created a new interest in the plant, and 

 we confidently hope that it will here become, as it has in 

 Great Britain, with the dahlia, a universal favorite. 



We have neglected to recommend to the lovers of showy 



