250 FLOWER GARDEN. 
stand next the margin of the border or parterre, and they 
should increase in heighth at they go back. 'To produce a 
full show, a profusion, just now amounting to crowding, is 
requisite. The flower-plots should present a regular bank 
of foliage and blossom, rising: gradually from the front; 
but as this might convey an idea of too great ’precision, a 
few staring plants, on the same principle as those employ- 
ed in green-houses, should be thinly scattered over the 
surface. These may be shrubs, or any tall showy plants, 
such as Becconia cardata, Papaver bracteatum, Gladiolus 
Byzantinus, or Lilium candidum. 
Tall Perennials.—Lilium giganteum, superbum, chal- 
cedonicum. Asphodelus ramosus, or silver-rod. Phlox 
pyramidalis. Monarda didyma, kalmiana, ciliata. Ve- 
ronica sibirca, virginica. Campanulapyramidalis. Lych- 
nis chalcedonica, fl. pl. or double scarlet lychnis; also, 
single white and double white. Fritillaria imperialis, or 
Crown imperial. Rudbeckia purpurea. Clematis integri- 
folia. Chelone barbata, scarlet, and also white, with Che- 
lone mexicana, and C. antwerpiensis. Delphinium grandi- 
florum, fl. pl. or double larkspur. Aconitum Anthora, 
lycoctonum, Chinense. ‘Astelbe rivularis. Aceta race- 
mosa. Asclepias incarnata. Aconitum versicolor. ‘Del- 
phinium amythestinum. Silphium perfoliatum and con- 
junctum. 
Plants to be kept under glass during Winter, and 
planted out in May.—Lychnis (Agrostemma), Bungeana, 
Pelargonium inquinans, cucullatum, and many hybrid va- 
rieties of great beauty. Verbena varieties. Alonosa ele- 
gans. Phlox Drummondii and bicolor. Lobelia formosa, 
propinqua. Nierembergia intermedia.’” Lantana Sello- 
viana, Gardoquia multiflora. Salvia patens. Malwa 
Crowena. ineraria, different species. Veronica speciosa 
