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smooth gravel stones, about the size of hens' eggs, we were 

 informed that the stems of geraniums are very apt to rot after 

 continued moist weather, and that these stones are found to 

 counteract this tendency; probably by maintaining a drier sur- 

 face, and causing greater reflection of heat during moments of 

 sunshine. 



The Dutch Flower-garden consists of sixteen beds, each 

 14 ft. in length, and 6 ft. in width {fig. 85.) ; and the following 



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is a list of the plants which are grown in them, the arrange- 

 ment varying every year, so that the same plants may not be 

 two years in succession on the same bed : — 



In Summer {Jig. 85. k). In Winter and Spring (Jig. 85. tf). 



1. Oenothera missouriensis. iVarcissus poeticus. 



2. Lobelia fulgens. TulipaGesneriana (select varieties). 



5. Anemone hortensis (double). \ Ax f m ™? , hoi ^nsis, in autumn 



v I Lobeua decumbens. 



4. Ruellia formdsa. Gladiolus byzantinus. 



5. Commelina ccelestis. iVarcissus floribundus. 



6. Fuchsia coccinea. jErythronium dens earns. 



7. Ferbena Lambert*. \ T fP a ., Ges^riana (parrot and 



I double yellow varieties). 



8 ' Pd Sf varietyT ale ^ n ° Se " } ^rcissus jonquilla. 



, T v i v • •* ( i/yacinthus orientalis, double va- 



; 9. Hebotropium peruvianum. j ^ ^ ^ ^^ 



10. Gladiolus cardinalis. Sanguinaria canadensis, plunged. 



11. Tigridia Pavdnia. All the year. 



12. Ma^ok^annua (scarlet ten- | i nemone coronkria (doubIe) . 



13. Pelargonium Fothergillii (scar- ? Nardssus calathmus . 



let nosegay geranium). J 



„, , . / ( Tuliva Gesneriana (var. double 



1 4. Salvia coccinea. ^ K £ or pseonia . flowered variety) . 



15. Fuchsia gracilis. Scilla verna. 



16. Dianthus Caryophyllus (double? All the year. 



carnations). 3 y 



17. Pelargonium latenpes (pink va- 5 GlMus communk 



negated ivy-leaved geranium). ) 

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