PRACTICE OF GARDENING. 



PART III. 



SUBSECT. 1. Flowers which reach from Jive to seven feet in height, for covering naked 

 Walls, or other ujrright Deformities, and for shutting out distant Objects which it is de- 

 sirable to exclude. 



6516. The flowers suited for covering upright deformities are the climbers and twining plants : the former 

 to be supported by spray or trellis-work, or nailed in the manner of wall-trees, and the latter by rods. We 

 shall select a few species of each from the plants already enumerated in the foregoing section, to which 

 the botanist will easily be able to add others from the more extensive catalogues. 



Twining plants, annuals. Convolvulus 

 tricolor, Phaseolus multiflorus. 



Tn-iiiing plants, half-hardy annuals. 

 Convolvulus discolor, Michauxii pur- 

 purea, p. flo. carneo, p. flo. coer. pal- 

 lideo. Ipomoea coccinea, & phoenicea. 



Climber*, perennial. Astragalus galegi 

 fortnis, Clematis alpina, vi 



i 9 sorts, Momordica elaterium, Tro- 

 fortnis, Clematis alpina, vioma. v. i paeolum majus. 

 purpurea, Lathyrus latifolius, Vicia IClitnbers, half-hardy annuals. Cucurais 



colocynthis, dudaim, flexuosus. 

 ,Tn<ining plants, perennial. Convolvulus 

 althseoides, arvensis, Humulus lupulus, 

 1 Tarn us com munis (10 feet high). 



sylvatica, Bryonia dioica. 

 Climbers, biennial. Vicia biennis, Futna- 



ria spicata. 

 Climbers, annual. Lathyrus, or sweetpea, 



SUBSECT. 2. Flowers for concealing Defects on horizontal Surfaces : as naked sub-barren 

 Spots, unsightly Hanks, $c. 



6517. The flowers suited for covering horizontal deformities are creepers and trailers, of which we shall 

 here bring together the names of the most common sorts : 



Creepers and trailers, hardy annuals. 

 Medicago 'intertexta, orbicularis, scu- 

 tellata, Momordica elaterium, Rese- 

 da odorata, Tropaeolum majus, minus. 



Creepers and trailers, half-hardy an- 

 nuals. Cucumis, the three species 

 enumerated as climbers, Monopsis 

 scintUlaris, conspicua, Nolana pros- 



Creepert and trailers which are peren- 

 nials. Ajueareptans, r. flo. albo. An- 

 themis nobilis, n. flo. pleno. Arenaria 

 montana saxatilis, Asperula odora- 

 ta, taurma, tinctoria, Cerastium latifo- 

 liuin, repens, Circeea alpina, lutetiana, 

 Fragaria indica, vesca fol. var., v. 

 monophylla, Galium boreale, crucia- 

 tum, rubioides, vernum, Geum rep- 



tans, Gypsophila prostrate, repens, 

 Hedysarum obscurum, Hieracium 

 aurantiacum, Lysimachia nummula- 

 ria, Phaca australis, Polygala major, 

 vulgaris, Potentilla astracanica, aurea, 

 verna, Rubia cordifoUa, tinctorum, 

 Sagina procumbens, Saxifraga sar- 

 mentosa, Tormentilla reptans, Tri- 

 folium repens maculatum 



SUBSECT. 3. Flowers which Witt grow under the Shade and Drip of Trees. 



6518. Flowers which will thrive under trees are of particular value. In improving neglected flower- 

 gardens and pleasure-grounds, it is a common complaint that new things cannot be brought forward on 

 account of the shade and drip of trees. This section, and the corresponding one of hardy shrubs, will, it 

 is hoped, aid in removing that complaint, which can only have arisen from ignorance of the native ha- 

 bitations of plants. It is proper to observe, however, that there is scarcely any, indeed we may say, no 

 plant, that will thrive under a dense evergreen fir-tree clothed with branches down to near the surface : 

 moss is all that can be there expected ; or, if somewhat open, the pyrola, box, and juniper will exist. 

 Where trees are so dense, however, no plant or shrub can be desired under them. 



SUBSECT. 4. Flowers for ornamenting Pieces of Water, or planting Aquariums. 



6519. Flowers for water or watering-places are of two kinds, aquatics, to plant in the water, and marsh 

 plants, to plant round the margin of the pond, stream, or aquarium. The shape and size of the aquarium 

 (fig.. 618.) must depend on the extent and style of the flower-garden, of which it forms a part In all 



cases the bottom, if not naturally retentive, must be rendered so by a stratum of tempered (or puddled) 

 clay (a) ; the sides should be formed in terraces, or steps descending towards the centre (6), to hold pots 

 of plants which grow in shallow water, while those that require deep water, as the bulrush, typha, &c. 

 may be planted in the ground, or in large tubs placed in deep water. The margin of the aquarium may 

 either be finished with ".regular masonry or brick-work ; or what, in some situations, has a better effect, with 

 rough stones, conglomerated vitrified bricks, or flints (c), in the interstices of which marsh plants will 

 thrive exceedingly. The whole may be surrounded by a drain and gravel-walk (rf), raised a few inches 

 above the level of the water. Many of the aquatic plants, as nymphaea, nuphar, menyanthes, villarsia, 

 butomus, and hottonia, &c. are highly beautiful ; and, considering that some exotic species, as amaryllis, 

 lobelia, crinum, &c. (6317.) will thrive in water in our climate, the aquarium ought not to be want- 

 ing in any flower-garden. 



6520. Propagation and culture. They are propagated by seeds or dividing the root : the seeds being 

 sown and placed under the water. In other respects they require the same general treatment as other 

 herbaceous plants. Some useful remarks on the treatment of the more rare nymphzeas and nuphars by 

 Kent, will be found in the Horticultural Transactions^ vol. in. p. 24. 



