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continue flowering till the end of June or beginning of July, when the 

 greater part of them should be cleared away, in order that they may not 

 draw up, and weaken the plants which are to succeed them, and produce the 

 second effect. The flowers for this second exhibition are all perennials, 

 and consist of ffinothera macrocarpa, yellow, for the first compartment, 

 which remains there as a permanent plant, the seeds of the Nemophila 

 having been sown amongst it in January, as above. The next compart- 

 ments contain Ferbena Tweediawa, crimson; V, Lambertia^za, purple; 

 Calceolaria angustifolia, yellow; Petunia wolacea, purple ; scarlet geraniums, 

 and Ferbena Drummondi. These are all half-hardy perennials, which are 

 kept in pits during the winter, and planted out as soon as there is no 

 danger to be apprehended from frost. 



6, The dwarf or terrace wall, before mentioned, on which vases of different 

 shapes and colours are arranged and filled with plants ; those plants being 

 chosen, the colours of the flowers of which will produce the greatest con- 

 trast with the colour of the vases in which they are planted. Different 

 kinds of nasturtiums have been planted at the foot of this wall, on which 

 they climb and hang over. On the south side of this wall are Scotch roses, 

 and on the north crimson perpetual roses ; the former having a border in 

 front of it filled with the Campanula speculum (Venus's looking-glass), 

 and the latter with Convallaria majalis (the lily of the valley.) These 

 borders relieve the eye, when contrasted with the green of the roses which 

 they are in immediate connexion with. 



7, A basket corresponding with that at 2, in which Calceolaria angustifolia, 

 yellow, occupies the whole space, with the exception of a plant of Mau- 

 randya BarclayeMa, blue, which is planted in the centre of the group of 

 calceolarias, and trained over a rod and wires in the centre, as shown in 



fig. 77. This basket is shown in the right-hand corner of^g. 77. 



8, Rosarium, which is planted with summer and autumn flowering roses. 

 Those the flowering of which is of short duration may, in some cases, have 

 it prolonged, by leaving several of the shoots their whole length, and peg- 

 ging them down. When thus treated, the part next the root will grow 

 luxuriantly, and consequently be late before it comes into flower ; while the 

 extreme end, becoming comparatively stunted, will come sooner into blossom. 

 In the following list, the first-named plant in each bed comes into flower 

 in May and June, and the other plant or plants, in succession, in June, 

 July, and August. There is an equal number of plants of both the early 

 and late flowering kinds in each bed ; and, as the latter come into flower 

 before the former have done flowering, there is a constant display from 

 May to September, which is the whole period that the family reside at, or 

 visit, the residence. When the first set of plants begin to go out of flower, 

 they are cleared away to make room for the second set, which are en- 

 couraged by stirring the soil and watering ; and any blanks that may occur 

 are filled up from the reserve garden. Most of the plants which come first 

 into flower are annuals or bulbs, sown or planted in the autumn : the 

 others are mostly half-hardy species, such as verbenas, petunias, lobelias, 

 &c. ; and they are preserved through the winter in pits. 



9, Nemophila insignis, blue ; and Ferbena Arranzawa, purplish crimson. 



10, Lasthenia californica, bright yellow ; and Ferbena charasedrifolia latifolia, 

 brilliant scarlet. 



11, Erythronium Dens canis (dog's tooth violet), Gilia tricolor, and Ferbena 

 pulchella, pink. 



12, CoUomia cocclnea, and Lotas microphylla, dark yellow. 



13, iS'cilla amoe^na, blue ; Platysteraon californicus, cream-coloured; and Lan- 

 tana Sellowei, pink. 



14, SdWa. prae^cox, rich dark blue; Gilia ffchille.^b&, and 5'alvia chamaedry- 

 oides, blue. 



15, SciWa hy-Acmihoides, blue; Cheiranthus alpinus, pale yellow ; and Ferbena 

 Tweediana. 



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