4 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 
Little flower—but if I could understand 
What you are, root and all, and all in all 
I should know what God and man is.” —TENNyYson. 
The Parisian gardeners delight the public by adorning 
the borders of the parks and promenades with beds of 
wallflowers of the most lovely description. They are 
grown as recommended above, and are planted so as to 
form dense convex masses, which, during April and May, are 
literally solid with fiery flowers. They mix the blood-red 
and purple variety, and employ the yellow very sparingly. 
In this country the yellow kinds are the most esteemed for 
bedding purposes, and the favourite sorts are the Belvoir 
Castle Yellow and the orange-coloured Tom Thumb. 
Tf it is desired to establish wallflowers on ruins, rocks, 
and walls, the seed should be sown in April or May in 
suitable chinks, and be covered with a little fine soil, and 
it may be well, if there is danger of the seeds being blown 
or washed away, to cover them with a brick or tile until 
they germinate. The single blood-red and single yellow 
are the best for the purpose. 
