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they should be lifted early in March, and the soil either re- 

 newed, or renovated with leaf mould or rotten dung. Planted 

 in this, the old plants grow throughout the summer with re- 

 newed vigour ; but if this is not done, and they are kept in 

 the soil for two successive seasons, they suffer very much from 



the heat during the second summer, and brown leaves and a 

 starved appearance are the results. 



Cerastium Bicbersteini I do not like so well, though it is 

 useful for an edging to large beds or bold masses of foliage ; 

 but even for such a purpose it is surpassed in the opinion of 



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FLOWER GARDEN AT EGERTON HOUSE. 



1, 16, 8, 9. Heliotrope Beauty of the Boudoir. 



2, 15, 7, 10. The diamonds are marked out with Vinca major elegant- 

 Issinia. Inside the Vinca in the diamonds is a row of Iresine Herbstii, 

 and the centre of each diamond is filled with Pelargonium Crystal 

 Palace Gem. The four central half-diamonds contain Lobelia speciosa, 

 and the remaining three at each end are filled with Pelargonium Adonis 

 or Little David. 



S, 14, 60, 6, 11, 35. Cerastium tomentosum nest the turi, Pelargonium 

 Christine in the centre. 



4, 5, 12, 13. A row of Centaurea ragusina down the centre, a row of 

 Coleus Verschaffelti on each side of the Centaurea, with a row of Lobelia 

 speciosa outside of both rows of the Coleus, making five rows in all. 



34, 36, 59, 61. Three rows of Pelargonium Mrs. Pollock, forming a broad 

 band along the centre of each bed, with Lobelia speciosa on each side. 



39. Pelargonium Stella. 64. Pelargonium Cybister. 



S7, 41, 62, 66. Pelargonium Minimum Nosegay. 



38, 40, 63, 65. Pelargonium Flower of Spring (silver variegated). 



17, 42. These beds are shaded very much by the large Oak trees, 67 and 

 68, they are therefore always filled with fine -folia ged plants in the follow- 

 ing way. — A broad band of Gnaphalium lanatum nest the turf, next this 

 is an equally broad hand of Iresine Herbstii, then comes a narrow band 

 of Gnaphalium lanatum surrounding the central mass of Farfugiuni 

 grande. 



33, 5S. Mised Verbenas. 



32, 57. These beds have a large mass of Gladiolus Brenchleyensis in 

 the centre, surrounded by a row of variegated Ageratum ; nest this is a 

 rotv of Coleus Verschaffelti, with a row of Pelargonium Mrs. Pollock next 

 the turf. 



22, 47. In these beds is a broad band of Pelargonium Golden Chain at A, 

 not taken all round, but narrowing off, as shown in the plan, and the 

 remainder of the beds, b, contains a bold mass of scarlet Lobelia. 



25, 50. Silver-variegated Pelargonium Perfection. 

 24. 26, 49, 51. Verbena Purple King. 



23, 27, 4s, 52. Variegated Pelargonium Manglesii. 

 20, 54. Calceolaria Aurea Floribunda. 



29, 46. Calceolaria Prince of Orange. 



19. Pelargonium Amy Hogg. 21. Waltham Seedling Pelargonium. 



28. Pelargonium Rebecca. 30, Pelargonium Provost. 



53. Pelargonium Black Dwarf. 55. Pelargonium Lady Constance 

 Grosvenor. 



44. Pelargonium Sir J. Paston. 45. Pelargonium Le Grand. 



The side beds 18, 31, 43, 56 have three rows in front, the first of Cen- 

 taurea ragusina, the second Perilla, and the third either a yellow or orange 

 Calceolaria. These three rows Btretch from end to end of the beds, just 

 filling the narrow parts, and in the remaining spaces are grouped scarlet 

 and crimson varieties of Pelargoniums. 



