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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



f July 12, 1864. 



produce of that seed, and have never been out of my posses- 

 sion. Some of them bloomed last year, and one of the plants 

 exhibited is a plant of this year's growth, and bloomed for 

 the first time this summer. I still have of 'this year's growth 

 more than twenty plants from the same seed, none of which 

 have yet bloomed, but are now showing bloom, which I shall 

 be happy to show to any person who may favour me with a 

 call, and answer any questions concerning them. 



None of these Clematises have ever been shown till they 

 were exhibited at the Alexandra Park Flower Show, June 

 22nd ; they were there awarded first-class certificates of 

 merit. They were then submitted to the judgment of the 

 gentlemen composing the Floral Committee of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, June 29th. Since then they, have 



been exhibited at the Royal Botanic Society's Flower Show, 

 Regent's Park, when they were also awarded certificates of 

 merit. These were the only times the plants have ever 

 been exhibited. I feel assured the gentlemen of the Floral 

 Committee would not willingly injure my reputation as a 

 florist by unjustly doubting my integrity ; and as they ap- 

 pear to have withheld their commendation of these Clema- 

 tises from some doubt as to their origin, I trust this explana- 

 tion will be satisfactory to them, and that they will do me 

 the justice to award me any certificates they may think 

 these plants merit ; or should they desire it, I am willing 

 again to submit them for their opinion at any future meet- 

 ing of the Committee. — Thomas Townsend. 



FLOWEB GAEDEN PLAN. 

 ENTRANCE GATES. 



1. Centre Golden Chain Geranium, 

 surrounded with Bijou, and edged 

 with Lobelia. 



2. Henri de , Nierembergia, 



Variegated Arabis. 



3. Boule de Niece, Spitfire, Lobelia. 



4. Bijou Geranium, Golden Chain, 

 Lobelia. 



5. Chiist r ne Geranium, Nierember- 

 pia. Variegated Alyssum. 



6. Cerise Unique Geranium, Lady 

 Plymouth, Lobelia. 



12. 15. Lady Plymouth, dotted with 

 Lobelia. 



13, 16. Cloth of Gold Geranium, 

 edged on outsiii" only with Perilla 



(2, 3. 4, 5, fi, planted as No. 1) | 17, IS. Cerise Unique Geranium; 



7, 8, 9. in. Ceru*tiurn with pattern 



as shown in Perilla. 

 11, 14. Lady Plymouth Geranium, 



dotted with Brilliant. 



Calceolaria Aurearlinibunda, ed^ed 

 on outside only with Perilla nan- 

 kinensls. 



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19. TroptEolum olegans, edged with 

 Lobelia, and Lady Plymouth Ge- 

 ranium planted alternately. 



20. Christine Geranium, edged with. 

 Nierembergia 



21. Perilla nanliinensis, edged with 

 Variegated Alyssum. 



The garden is surrounded by a wall as shown. The gravel 

 path is wide, as it is used as a drive up to the house. The 



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centre beds 10, 20, and 21 are raised one above the other, 



as in the accompanying woodcut. The sides are of slate 

 painted like stone. No. 6 bed would have been planted as> 

 No. 3, simply reversing the position of Boule de Niege and 

 Spitfire, but I had not a sufficiency of these Geraniums. — 

 A Suffolk Subscriber. 



[We think your garden will look very well as proposed if 

 you give it the necessary pruning and regulating, especially 

 as respects the Perilla outside of the beds. We think, 

 however, that you have too much Perilla ; and a line all 

 round the figures 13, 16, 17, IS will give a sombre appear- 

 ance, especially being next the grass. Charlwoodii and 

 Purple King Verbena would suit better. The Perilla wiil 



