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PRACTICE OF GARDENING. 



Part 113. 



Subsect. 1. Flowers which reach from five to seven feet in height, for covering naked 

 Walls, or other upright 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. 



Climbers, perennial. Astragalus galegi- t 9 sorts, Momordica elatenura, Tro- 



formis, Clematis alpina, vioma, v. | paeolum mai-.is. 



purpurea, Lathyrus latifolius, Vicia [Climbers, half-hardy annuals. Cucumis 



sylvatiea, Bryonia dioica. colocyntnis, dudaim, flexuosus. 



Climbers, biennial. Vicia biennis, Fuma- ITivining plants, perennial. Convolvulus 



ria spicata. althseoiaes, arvensis, Humulus lupulus, 



Climbers, annual. Lathyrus, or sweetpea, | Tamus communis (10 feet high). 



Twining plants, annuals. Convolvulus 

 tricolor, Phaseolus multiflorus. 



Twining plants, half-hardy annuals. 

 Convolvulus discolor, Michauxii, pur- 

 purea, p. flo. cameo, p. flo. ccer. pal- 

 lideo. Ipomoea coccinea, & phcenicea. 



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

 Spots, unsightly Banks, Jfcc. 



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 which are peren- 

 nials. Ajuga reptans, r. flo. albo. An- 

 themis nobilis, n. flo. pleno. Arenaria 

 montana, saxatilis, Asperula odora- 

 ta, taurina, tinctoria, Cerastium latifb- 

 lium, repens, Circaea alpina, lutetiana, 

 Fragaria Yulica, vesca fol. var., v. 

 monophylla, Galium boreale, crucia- 

 tum, riibioides, vernum, Geum rep- 



tans, Gypsophila prostrata, repens, 

 Hedysarum obscurum, Hieracium 

 aurantiacum, Lysimachia " nummula- 

 ria, Phaca australis, Polygala major, 

 vulgaris, Potentilla astracanica, aurea, 

 verna, Rubia cordifolia, tinctorum, 

 Sagina procumbens, Saxifraga sar- 

 mentosa, Tormentilla reptans, Tri- 

 folium repens maculatum 



Creepers and trailers, hardy annuals. 

 Medicago intertexta, orbicularis, scu- 

 tellata, Momordica elaterium, Rese- 

 da odorata, Tropseolum majus, minus. 



Creepers and trailers, half-hardy an- 

 nuals. Cucumis, the three species 

 enumerated as climbers, Monopsis 

 scintillaris, conspicua, Kolana pros- 

 trata. 



Subsect. 3. Floivers which will 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. 



Perennials. Anemone nemorosa, n. flo. 

 pleno, peunsylvanica, ranunculoides, 

 Arum maculatum, Asarum europai- 

 um, Asperula laevigata, odorata. Atro- 

 pa belladonna, Betonica officina- 

 lis, Chrysosplenium alternifolium, op- 

 positifolium, Circaea alpina, lute- 

 tiana, Clematis recta, Convallaria 

 multiflora, verticillata, Fragaria vesca, 

 v. fol var. v. monophylla, Geranium 

 sylvaticum, s. flo. pleno, Geum ur- 

 bamiin. HeUeborus viridis, Hyperi- 

 cum hirsutum,. Imperatoria ostruthi- 

 um, Lathyrus tuberosus, Lysimachia 



ciliata, vulgaris, Mercurialis perennis, 

 Monarda didyma, fistulosa, Origanum 

 vulgare, Orobus angustifolius, lathy- 

 roides, tuberosus, niger, sylvaticus, 

 vermis, Primula acauhs, veris, v. ela- 

 tior, v. polyanthos, Ranunculus auri- 

 comus, Salvia sylvestris, Sambucus 

 ebulus, Saponaria officinalis, Saxifraga 

 umbrosa, Scabiosa sylvatiea, Spiraea 

 aruncus, Stellaria graminea, nemo- 

 rum, Teucrium Scorodonia, Vicia 

 dumetorum, sylvatiea, Viola canina. 

 Buliis. Allium lineare, Crocus vernus, 

 Fritillaria imperialis, meleagris, Fu- 



maria bulbosa, Galanthus nivalis, 

 HeUeborus hyemalis, Scilla non- 

 scripta, Ophrys apifera, muscifera, 

 ovata, Orchis bifolia, maculata, mili- 

 taris, Oxalis acetosella, Sanguinaria 

 canadensis. 



Biennials. Cynoglossum officinale, syl- 

 vaticum, Digitalis purpurea, p. flo. 

 albo, Monarda punctata. 



Hardy annuals. Antirrhinum oronti- 

 um, Briza maxima, Impatiens noli 

 tangere. 



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 for middled! 

 clay (a); the sides should be formed in terraces, or steps descending toward fthe Sre W to foM SS 

 of plants which grow in shallow water, while those that require dlep water, as fthe bulrush typha &c 



SrhlT-t 1 IT ?\i gf0U P d ' r in large ubs P 130 " 1 in dee P wate '- The margin of tneTquarS'mTy 

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



