HORTICULTURE. 



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den, or in the back part of broad flower-borders. 

 Those of middling me occupy the centre ; and those 

 of humble growth are placed in front. The beauty of 

 a flower-border when in bloom depends very much on 

 the | M|I fill disposition of the plants in regard to colour, 

 or on mingling the reds, the purples, the blues, the 

 yellows, and the whites in due proportions. To in- 

 crease the variety of colours, *ome biennial plants, and 

 even a few annual kinds, are occasionally introduced. 

 By intermixing plants which flower in succession, the 

 fc~ > of the border may be prolonged for ome weeks. 

 In a botanic garden the same pln* <noat with pro- 

 priety be repeated in the same border ; but in the corn- 

 flower-garden, a plant, if deemed ornamental, 

 be often repeated with the beat effect ; nothing 

 be finer, for example, than to aee many plants of 

 double scarlet lychnis, doable wallflower, double sweet 

 William, or double purple jacobin. 



477. For the shrubbery border the following are a 



nts. Holly, 

 and colours ; 

 ether plants 



and they continue till the frosts cat them 

 off; they are properly biennial plants, but if some of 

 the stems be cut over, before flowering, the roots con. 

 tinue for several years. Herb Christopher ( Adam tpi~ 

 ctta) a native of the north of England, and A. rnermo- 

 ta from North America, with the goafs-beard Spinea 

 (S. mrmmaa), ere planU which succeed in the shade, 

 and are therefore very fit for the ihrnbbrry , or for any 

 ahady situation. The white-flowered Fui-glove (vr. 

 afDigitmCf r*,f*rem) i* ornamental ; it is only biennial, 

 bat rises freely Iron seed sown by itself. Several spe- 

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few of the fittest tall-growWne*eesplajit 

 bodu (AUhtea rotea) of different varieties an< 

 time Mew their flower* in October, whn oil 



I of Aconite or monk's-hood, with blue and with 

 yellow iowers, may here be planted ; but the rmt 

 kind (Aetmilum itcpeUnt) it is to be remern- 

 i poieenoai plant. With the monkvboeds 

 be united severe! specie* of perennial Larkupur, 

 Delphinium grandffororn, and exalutom ; 

 the sUMsacn, (D. tiapJuiagria ) The common 

 Columbine ( Aynkgi* lemrit') when very double, and 

 at feed colour*, makes a pleasing variety. All the 

 large apecJea / Irii, particularly the Germanica, satn- 

 hsjejam and fMriea, here drerrve a place. The com- 

 mon and the white-flowered Willow herb 



and the doable end double nstular va- 

 0ttrfAfsjsoMj are shows/ 

 ipecie* of Aster end mf 

 a* well as 

 mtariy Helian- 



the eiogleeBa- the doable flower. 

 To theee OUT be edded Rudbeckia 



Seeideflo ere also proper for the 

 aoa of ss>* fMvensHel MonJIowen 

 tbjudec^>ruliis,aMl the single a 



ed H m 



rue. 



tell pUnts, some of hotnMe growth may 

 with propriety be pUeed the ahrobbcry or ehrabbery 

 border. Patches of sweet Woodruff^ yxmfc oshrere), 

 for instance, have a pleeehif effect ; the iulk and 



leaves gathered when the pleat is 

 in May, and kept in small bandies i 

 degree of 

 lime. 



dcr. 



is coming into flovcr 

 i in paper under some 

 their fragrance for a long 

 P****** rf ** **" J Anemone (Anemoiu 



ppropriate piece for the Lily of the Vallr 



lane ->/). of which there i* a double 'and a red 



fasmiful variety. 



47 The borders for perennial flowers are seldom 

 less than four or wve fett in breadth. The plant* are 

 r behind each other, but in the 



Flower 

 Garden. 



quincunx order ; the distance between each plant vary- 

 ing, according to the size of the border, and in some 

 measure according to the nature of the plant, whether B ~ ( j ( .'^ 

 it be apt to spread or to form a compact tuft. In re- fl owr ,,. 

 gard to soil, it may be sufficient to observe, that most 

 of the hardy herbaceous plants grow very well in a soil 

 that is moderately light and mellow, such as a sandy 

 loam. For certain plants, strong loam, turf mould, or 

 vegetable earth, are proper ; and this circumstance is 

 generally noticed when treating of the particular plant. 



479. Of the tall-growing perennials, one of the most Tnll-grow- 

 omamental is the double-flowered Scarlet Lychnis al- ing plant*. 

 I tody mentioned (Lychnis cfialcedonica, fi. pi.) The 



large heads of flowers have a most brilliant appearance 

 in the back part of a flower-border. Every attention 

 should be paid by those fond of fine flowers to the pro- 

 pagating of this plant. Several stems should with this 

 view be cut down before the flower appear : these are 

 to be divided into pieces five or six inches long, which 

 are stripped of leaves except at the top, and sunk up to 

 the leaves in the earth ; they are covered for a few weeks 

 with a hand-gliw, and may either be planted out in 

 the autumn, or allowed to remain under the glass till 

 the spring. There is a white-flowered single variety, 

 which is also deserving of a place. 



480. The hyssop- leaved Dragon's-hcad (Drncoce* 

 pMum Rttytctiiana.) and the great-flowered ( 1). grandi- 



Jfarmm,) are elegant blue flowers. The Silver-rod, or 

 branched asphodel (,'tphotleltu ramotut,) is a good 

 border plant, with fine white flowers. Two species of 

 Mullein, the rusty-flowered and the purple ( l'r,/>a<. 







, ) may be admitted ; to- 



gether with the fine branched Lythrum (/,. virgatim), 

 which it covered for about three months with purple 

 fkiweis. Two or three species of the extensive gmti* 

 Cr*tanrra, deserve to be cultivated ; such an, C. nrirn- 

 talis, with yellow flowers; C. Caucasica, with whitr 

 flowers, and ( . montanii, with blue flowers ; all of them 

 bardv perennials. The double Siberian Larkspur 

 ( iMpkinium rlitirm) has flowers of a fine dark azure 

 colour. PliloJt jiyrtnmdalu and P. panimlata are hand- 

 some showy flowers, of a pale bluish purple colour ; 

 of the latter there i* also a white variety. The linear* 

 leaved Willow-herb (F,;nlof>mm aitgtitlutaiHim) is wor. 

 thy of a situation in the border, the foliage being fine, 

 and the flower large, of a beautiful purplih ml colour. 

 Black Mtrrwort (Attraxtta mnjor) being of a singu- 

 lar appearance, my perhaps alao merit a place. Co. 

 reoeew verticil I ert a is an on la mental plant, and produ- 

 ces flowers of a fine deep yellow colour. Different spe- 

 "f Speedwell are elegant; particularly Veronica 

 1'trgintana, with Wash coloured and with white flowers; 

 mf y. loHgtfoha (formerly marilima') with blue, white, 

 and flesh coloured flowers. The variegated Wolfs-bane 

 (.frow/irOT t*rirgat*m) i a very pretty plant ; and the 

 large flowers of Rudbtckia pitrjiurea make a good ap- 

 pearance. Lialrit tpicmta deserves a place in every 

 eoBertion. 



The AcatilHut mollu grows best when its roots get 

 into the crevices of an old wall, near to the foot of whirh 

 k may happen to be plantrd. In such a situation it 

 will flower every year ; while in a rich border soil, 

 flowers seldom appear. The leaves of this plant ac- 

 cidentally surrounding a basket, are supposed to have 

 given rise to the Corinthian capital. 



Of the fine genus ftpirvii, which is partly herbaceous 

 and partly shrubby, two ipecies are common natives. 

 S. ulmaria or qiu.n f tin meadow, und S. filmtndu- 

 la or dropwort Double flowered varieties of bott thetr 



