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—À peared, plant of|the size of the bed and its contents, This and t success is quite 
ыу Бат "амі hast - сла, — ^ че old H "уа surround pink Pelargonium Christine in summer, and | in aco the * exporienoo y. those who lava 
Lor oni an is twice abure|single yellow — in Tte In spring the| бат the progress of the tree under diferent cir- 
the size of its Uy adm гв, "re € е а С аы. yish | Cerastiümi will be one mass of bloom, and in contrast | cumstances, John Grigor, Nurseries, Forres, 
z set off by tho numerous black c умы чарча. а | with the yellow of tho Wallflower, I am not ас acquainted | 
taft of yellow stylos, Ter «o ALPINE 
p coarsely ere ated. те he ADe Moreover, allowing the plant to bloom is nof injurious : 
2b ssl t бср across, It is, dou biles, | to its effect afterwards, J. Р, P Ir 5-4 be well to quote Ben Jonson as an authority 
Sol ie doe hardy plants of recent introduction, "пв а н not gro wing like sam E 
рсе» ON RAISING CONIFERJE FROM HOME-GQROWN rers 
GENERAL, scene —No. II. AND FROM;IMPORTED SEED, [ee медеу т E i viis аө 
РошАбЕ-Р as they are termed, liave bec SEVERAL articles mcm poten їп yourcolumns wish to . Speak in connection "with Alpine plants, is 
an item of пон арі tance in ће present system o of on this im ittle rocky beds po more than 5 feet 
decoration. They add mot only hen Т a few remarks, chiefly relating across in the widest pati bat even y жеры, 18— 
ipa flower garden, but they tend to soften down and {0 the common sort Y^ although I h ien Alpines, &e., are usually out of flower, these beds 
i ne to brilliant colours. I look проп ot the Californian ires toa émall extent, from British- are fall of bloom are at all times, 
the direction wbich bedding taste has taken in this|grown seeds, had no opportunity of comparing | And this within ini waia of St. Paul's. How it 
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favourable to the d. Only а few them 2 Fd produc of foreign. seeds under the has been done with very little trouble and expense is 
years ago nearly every nm employed ей him Pile y worth relating. 
purposes of ornamentatio s of a ? ll filled This, About 15 months ago Mr. Рие had a lot of 
and required the то р glass d dre 7 е I P. b true утна E^ sorts ; Backl Henderson's best 
Moreover, a good many of them now discarded, yielded the Scotch Fir from ve ry young trees аге dete ent in Du and herbaceous plants, what to do with 
buta poor return in the way of display for the 1 1, unless the tiny and m ones like үт rcs and 
amount of care necessary to bring them to perfection. in the native forests, еер with, or adjacent. E mountain Forget-me-Nots was the 
In weeding out unfit subjects, however, anoth lly en pots ven "d certainly may be nisar vell but then 
t praetice took plaee, viz., а run üpon high "гес ex pus become fertilised. ы; are lik meet with many vicissitudes, which 
elours We lave had masses of scarlet and yellow, p I hav lants of Picea nobilis raised from t 
Doce and huge borders ofthes same pla nted п | seeds kein: in Scotland ; ; they ате 6 years old, and | podio and y are not айу рее" г рош, аз 
straight lines. g d in old fra r pit or 
the transit to that of col p! t the age of 2, and again at | retired corner, where the еей е air and | ight which 
e orden and pleasing, Most de "чаве he ts|the age of 4 er » Le. учей of the. plants of this | Alpines relish во much, are im possi 
as yet tender, and require care and nursing ; this їз | gens they take badly on remova g ey may not be grown on the things called “ rock- 
wi ibi еме however with the majority of white and бену their ei mut have а firm hold of the soil. T| work,” common enough in gardens, but resembling 
d variegated plants, several of which, suh | cătitiot say what progress plants from imported seed | nothing in nature, and providing no © hold 
. albida variégata, A imilar treat i or the roots ine р 
here of à Sene Size, and from the | little chance of being kept sufficiently moist, or i 
=й, at its Зено foliage it will пое continue to | o ing seen in character. considerationa 
э Bo, but it is r^s СТЕ оп — ntof ii eges and | induced Mr. Farmer to try his Alpines in an open space, 
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gardener gets a sufficient verte ня әбу 
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аз planted on the lawn at very erent sizes were placed aroand 
Kt erefore to deal with, the bett 
оче, by t the Zl Sie George Mackenzie, Jm d^ about | tlie args К as o Өй» the bed on an má 1 foot 
у t 1832. Тһе tree now stands 4 "pd ко aboy ve ti turf. Mo re soil was then pat i in, and а 
edging of the Ivy called Hedera latifolia macüla għ; апа its pir th 6 thd воа ofthe groun 
cithersloping or flat, I ventar е to assert that this will e| 4 feet 6 inches—dimensi ions inforior to those "T the | in the my completed the pr eparation for th er 
Sedums and Sempervivums, such Sax мебу as ся 
crselewved Centaurea, For i eis - bed inside , The Aur Fir is a far more vigorous tree, and and Roehelliana, such Dianthuses "i alpinus and 
this edging in Иа: the most атн m — e-Nots, Gentians, little 
Pope =з òw tÈ t the Scottish Highlands; but hitherto | spring bulbs, Н. angulosa, &c. They were planted, 
bel of colour in the cen ntre by way t тенг if bo | there en T in the North а want of nsn E the finer and "di "things getting the "best positions, 
ter bring ont the coloars, an itë 'бопев to produce young cre әл Ден and when finished the - — somewhát like an 
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> ept pinched in | im mne s тед ас in the und gow] enlarged edition of the va ines w А, еззгв, 
ax less low, aécording to ito ation Pad d taste, ot od А fine of t , "bit much beauty was nos 
"е be planted ; the pyramidal form would perhaps| the Y ^ Sod House -07 feet h а feet i t fi 
ü best, Гһе only thing to bear in mind with regard | girth n d of c ua Its upward eet in brat weeks things had “ taken s во swell" 
bw plant is that w the soil is stiff it must m É pr: dimi shed „сопзі nd duri ving the last and 2 bed looked ^a €— f 
we gravel or brick rubbish at the bottom 10 Cala vene — med had been planted on - 
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UM May useful out-of-doors, unless plaeed in а) — Tt is only in aeeordance with керн, law " ensis im a puer for it, arranged 
colour; even j 1 of thé me manner, with more E y to suit 
P1 the leives will lose their bright colour, ата that |Sootland will produee plants prega "аз in ба шою Жом the лоп t уа of the Alpino; - planted with as 
Wil predominate thè monent vi hardy than those raised from forei — x a fact | differen т и" m those i other bed as could 
will Commences short; thë best уе : of the ку m — himself БШП ^ s choicest Alpine:, 
0, 00 bare comparison with the Negundo. in, | English nurserymen e grounds € кт апа |ех yn side of the largest stones of the 
Nr д. К bright scarlet Pelargoniums, | aed that m bia the Pinus sylvestris imported ime б herbaceous plants as Campanu 
айы edging of Vinca elegantissima would gřeatly | from the Contin e guae plants of more rapid | carpatiea [e^ ardt on tlie upper portion of the 
eee | vrina i and setting off the scarlet to|gro wth thân those ? d from the for: ests of Scotland. corolla, and white below w), have bee n planted in both 
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rience permanent edgings, whi Wb хане Mp cipe | morë во in two-yeat os; but the effeetsof the winter| Тһе only attention these beds have required since 
duet "aly good or even more effective it | оп the/sécond year's growth almost азову makes | planting has been to keep а free-growing spec » . from 
the 5,17 Simmer, and vp to their eng them quite brown, and so da t and to well 
clipped ò beds they grow into a whi n be uite "m о the plants| water e beds © t days—to keep them in fact 
that y pinehed iuto "a аре, p will bo f ена from the native Seoteh Pine the same treat: бозау moist, "Tuer will doce no Here atten- 
plants is ап е Ж fe vt in the centre р the flowering | ment and — €: оса though considerably | tion for years. With tlie exception ‹ of the exquisite 
ent for the edg dite ereen lpine pla 
rd понос it often. ging, thus obviating the | 5 — cott уэ de from the other, if|has is grown well; 7 he beds Ma - ч ~ tele toad 
этед бэрі I would fill the first bed with the. brought into view оп mid ground, а at the distance of y week sinee the dawn of spring (in 
among the N, Алена hough imported seed | Gentiana verna was opening buds all the winter), and 
vy eid E pee d кием. p en Lesen drin ons, particularly in| will coatinue gay with the Calandrinia and Linaria till 
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ed Tulip, or any d: ч white qe Meer ee I н чуч er "Mire pH found ы сет worthless | late in autumn. e best display as regards variety 
cina, е Апі abtietia is a bluish геге за and wou sSerted in exposed d, was probably in the season of Dianthus alpinus; the 
other wa with the е Ivy from Márch to Маў. s Latch seed also ймы young plants| best effect is afforded by the Calandrinia dotted over 
Perged hr be purple Honeety, I Lunatia biennis, | rather taller than seed grown in Scotland, but plants we ey le ud this lasts for months, Itisa marye 
"а be This comes into bloom in April, and from foreign Larch seed have the same A as may be well seen in art 
сааб last week in May, leaving plenty äs plants | ed from i Pine. на "ер garden, where about 60 planta riu о 
We have They àre very tender, and apt to hare thei ing shines o 
also the { à тү t, white] the “vivid tà” of this flower eclipses every 
Kumain arts теде ре ye 45-7 Host Qt таман "Phe little dark purple bells of the 
-|those el Scotch seed ripen vnde —— СМ - other eolour. 
rare 
im oer : 
P evergreen ü tions in many parts of the country where A етеги 
е ы eds hrough th , pro не Larch has formerly veh аА in а similar soil | more correctly, е very. show n E ае 
f Tepéatediy to pel карч, ring, is caused by their and élimate, on any other — legten they|if f am - mistaken, ОМ w e ve ЕЕ 
a oped in been from im үт» — n 
lie deen ore the blooming € o One reli Aere after ета їп а warmer country. Theinfluence of soil and etg е ivy: duirel экз s like the 
ч lie blossoms is all tha t = be done if they | climate оп many kinds of Conifere alter their charac- Oyster plant, Di gredi ndrosace grund кр 
opel to flower another season, Let ws now] ter, and sometimes produóe as crie е especially useful, f they never floweréó, for 
for a good o Cerastinm tnath and with it ень еу between опе species and a | mingling v with little, cmd D gs, like Thymus corsicus, 
P kenetli ri edging; not the little de 4 cent speéitnens of the Larch at Dusk | that run about aud lap over the stones so natura ph 
Ln = Тһеге in e many other things which I have поб space _ 
With; but something proportionate о Sat АЙ, Мое, Аё, tct nöt һә P produce of 
