216 Gardens of the Misses Gamier : — ■ 



tentilla Hopwoodidna and formosa, Papaver bracteatum and orientale, Cistus 

 vaginatus and crispus,Helianthemum formosum, Pssbnia Reevesw, albiflora, albi- 

 flora Hume?, albiflora fragrans, &c. ; Delphinium exaltatum, Trollius asiaticus 

 and intermedins, Pentstemon Scouleri and pubescens, Fierbena pulchella and 

 Aubletia, Erinus /ychnideus, Lubinza atropurpurea, E'pacris grandiflora, Petunia 

 nyctaginiflora, gigantea, and phcenicea; Nierembergia gracilis, Ramonda py- 

 renaica, .Dodecatheon Mead?'«, Hakea acicularis, Watsonia fulgida, Gladiolus 

 byzantinus, Salvia angustifolia and cardinalis, Alonsoa intermedia, Corrae v a spe- 

 ciosa; ffinothera speciosa, cheiranthifolia, and acaulis ; Fuchsirt gracilis, conica, 

 globosa, microphylla, coccinea, /ycioides, and microphylla grandiflora ; Ther- 

 mopsis /abacea ; Pris .riphioides, versicolor, variegata, cristata, &c; Veronica 

 caucasica and latifolia, Czack?'a Liliastrum, *Scilla peruviana, Allium flavum, 

 i/emerocallis flava, Funk?a ovata, Zephyranthes grandiflora, Pinum trigynum 

 and flavum, Ribes speciosum, Lobel?'# lutea, Sellidifolia, caerulea, and bicolor ; 

 Campanula piimila and pulla, Aquilegia glandulosa, Magnolia cordata and 

 acuminata. 



July. — The flower borders are now cleared from weeds where any appear, 

 and raked over ; and the stems of all the plants that are past flowering are 

 cut away. I find that many kinds of herbaceous plants, if cut down as soon as 

 the first bloom is past, will shoot up a second time, and produce some good 

 spikes of flowers in September. The rosary, which consists of nearly 200 

 varieties of roses, is now in high beauty. I look them over about twice a 

 week, and cut away every flower that is overblown. The borders are also 

 raked over, to give the whole a neat appearance. The baskets of ixias, spa- 

 raxises, and lapeyrousias being now past blooming, the pots which they 

 were in are taken out, and the baskets refilled with German stocks, pelar- 

 goniums, &c, which continue in bloom until October. The annual flowers, 

 sown in May for succession, are now planted out. Cuttings of fuchsias, 

 calceolarias, linums, anagallises, pelargoniums, and many other half-hardy 

 and green-house plants, are now planted in a shady border under hand- 

 glasses. The turf and gravel walks, edges, &c, are attended to as in the 

 preceding months. The large hollies in the shrubberies, which grow very 

 luxuriantly here, now present a beautiful appearance, being covered with roses 

 from the bottom to the very top. The sorts are, the common and pale blush 

 China, Noisette, bengalensis, scandens, Madame d'Arblay, burnetdeaved, 

 Single Macartne}', the Dundee rambler, Boursault?'?, and Posa ruga. The 

 standard roses, which are situated on the turf, also have roses of the perpetual- 

 flowering kinds planted against their stems, which takes off that stiff appear- 

 ance which the naked stem of a tree rose always presents. The shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants which flower here during this month are very numerous. 

 The following are the most rare and beautiful kinds : — Echinacea hetero- 

 phylla; Gentidna crinita, sept^mfida, lutea, and cruciata; Pilium candidum, 

 longiflorum, japonicum, bulbiferum, spectabile, concolor, &c; Vallota pur- 

 purea, Habranthus robustus; Alstrcemerz'a Sims?'?', Hookeri, Pelegi'ina, and 

 Pelegnna alba; Jsclepia? carnosa and pulchra, Phyteuma orbiculare and 

 hemisphae'ricum, Lobeh'a pubescens, caerulea, colorata, senecioides, mucro- 

 nata, gracilis, &c. ; Campanula speciosa, carpathica, nitida, pyramidalis, aggre- 

 gata, azurea, &c. &c. ; Wahlenberg?« grandifldra, Polemonium caeruleum, 

 caeruleum flore albo, and gracile; Primula farinosa, Jnchusa paniculata and 

 ochroleuca, Marica caerulea, Cypella Herbert?'; Gladiolus Colviil«,natalensis, and 

 blandus; Salvia Graham?, chamaedryoides, &c; Commelfruz tuberosa, Schizan- 

 thus retusus, Phexia virginica, Oenothera glauca, Fraser?, and triloba ; Calan- 

 drinia grandiflora, Baptisia australis; Dianthus Fischer?, latifolius, and his- 

 panicus ; Silene regia and compacta, O'xalis Deppe?, .Lychnis vespertina flore 

 pleno and flos cuculi ; Potentilla americana, Russell?«??a, &c. ; Geum cocci- 

 neum, majus, &c; Dryas octopetala; Delphinium elegans, sinense, grandi- 

 fldrum, &c. ; Jconitum variegatum, Halleri, and albidum ; Dracocephalum 

 altaiense, argunense, and roseum ; Streptocarpus Rexra; Pentstemon pulchellus, 

 Millen, ovatus, roseus, venustus, atropurpureus, &c. ; Ferbena chamasdrifoliaj, 



