THE SUMMER FLOWER-GARDEN. 



THE FLOWER-GARDEN. 



The arrangemeiit of a flower-garden must de- 

 pend so much upon the taste or fancy of the cul- 

 tivator, that it is very difficult to lay down any 

 rules applicable to general use. All we can do 

 to aid the inexperienced is to give such plants 

 as display correct principles in their general 

 features, which will serve as a guide in grounds 

 of smaller or larger extent. Of course, we have 

 reference to flower-gardens, or spots of ground 

 set apart for annuals, bedding-plants, or bulbs, 

 as any thing more extensive would be beyond 

 the scope of a catalogue. 



Where the flower-garden already exists, and 

 is laid out in beds or borders for miscellaneous 

 plants, all the information necessary to the 

 amateur will be found in our preceding re- 

 marks, except that, perhaps, in reference to the 

 disposition of colors. If, however, the form is 

 not a f'^.nciful one, or one laid out in the true 

 principles of the geometrical style, it may be 

 remodelled upon some plan which will combine 

 the merits of those we now annex. 

 Commencing with the simplest form of ground, where there is no pretension to artistic display, 

 the two following will be found well adapted for annuals or bedding-plants, or the two combined. 



In the first plan (No. i), the ground may be arranged as follows : In the centre may be double 

 Zinnias, if a grand display is desired ; but if not, then Zinnias, Marigolds, Asters, and similar tall- 

 growing annuals, placing the tallest in the centre. The eight small l>eds adjoining the centre one 

 may be planted in alteniate colors, or mixed, with Ciintonia, Portulaca, Verbenas, Pansies, Agro- 

 stemma, Lobelias, &c. The four larger beds may be planted in four different colors, or mixed, 

 or in the ribbon style ; in the latter case using Perilla Nankinensis for the centre row, and other 

 decided colors for the outer rows, which should be dwarf at the edge. The four corner-beds may 

 be filled with Mignonette, Sweet Alyssum for the Iragrance, or with other more showy plants. 



No. I 



The second plan (No. 2) admits of a greater display, and particularly if masses of one color are 

 desired. The centre may be filled with any tall plants of one color ; viz., Zinnias, Asters, Mari- 

 golds, 01 Balsams. Two of the four oval beds may be Portulaca, scarlet and white, or golden and 

 scarlet ; the other two with blue and white Lobelia, or crimson and white Candytuft. Two of the four 

 large beds between the oval ones may be planted with Tropsolums in two colors, and the other two 

 with crimson and variegated Petunias. The four small beds may be planted with Abronia um- 

 bellata, Nolana, Phlox Drummondii, and Linum Grandiflora. The four oval comer-beds may 

 be planted with ornamental foliaged-plants, Perilla in two, and Coleus Verschaffeltii in the other two. 

 Four of the small comer-beds may be filled with Mignonette and Alyssum, and four with Dianthus 



