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PRACTICE OF GARDENING. 



Part III. 



6508. Seed may be saved eiiher from the top and first -expanded blossoms of plants in the borders, or 

 from patches sown in the reserve-garden. For the sake of neatness and beauty, no more flowers on each 

 plant ought to be allowed to ripen their seeds than are wanted for the supply ; but unless for varieties dif- 

 ficult to procure from the seedsmen, the simplest, and indeed the most economical mode, is to procure 

 supplies yearly from them. 

 _6509. Some very pleasing conceits for arranging annual Jiomers are given by Swindon {Beauties of Flora, 

 1778), a Brentford nurseryman. He gives a copious list of annuals, arranged according to their heights 

 and colors ; and by affixing a number to each sort, he can readily indicate on his plans the kinds to be 

 employed, and their relative position. Thus he has 89 sorts of common hardy annuals, arranged in six 

 different classes, for six different ranges, in borders, as follow : — 



First range, rvhich grow from 8 io 12 or 14 inches high, 



1. Cape marigold ; purple and white. 



2. Large caterjiillar ; yellow, and singular pod. 



3. Venus's looking-glass ; light purple. 



4. Ram's horns ; yellow, the pod its beauty. 



5. Venus's navel-wort ; clear Arhite. 



6. Round snails ; yellow, and singular pod. 



7. Dwarf variegated lychnis ; crimson and white. 



8. Heart's ease ; purple aild yellow. 



9. Half moons, or moon-trefoil ; white, and singular pod. 



10. Blue meadow lychnis ; sky-blue. 



11. Dwarf virgin's stock ; purple. 



12. Small hedgehogs; yellow, and singular pod. 



13. Woodroof; light blue. 



14. Redhawkweed; pale red. 



15. Large hedgehogs ; yellow, and singular pod. 



Second range, rvhich grow from 12 to 18 or 20 inches high. 



16. Oak of Jerusalem ; yellowish, with fragrant smell. 



17. Small white candytuft ; clear white. 



18. Long-horned devil in a bush ; yellow, and singular pod. 



19. Convolvulus minor ; bright blue with yellow eye. 



20. Large purjile candytuft ; light purple. 



21. 'White lobels catchfly"; reddish-white. 



22. Annual snapdragon ; purple and yellow. 



23. Large white candytuft ; clear white. 



24. Scarlet, or wing peas ; dark and light red. 



25. Striped convoh-ulus minor ; blue and white. 



26. Red lobel's catchfly ; bright red. 



27. Dwarf nasturtium ; deep orange. 



2S. Broad Spanish nigella with brown seed; deep blue. 



29. Red flos adonis ; dark red. 



Third range, which grow from 20 to 24 or 28 inches high. 



30. Spanish nigella, with black seed ; light blue. 



31. Spanish hawtiveed ; pale-yellow, and pur])le eye. 



32. Blue Bloldavian balm ; deep blue, and fine scent. 



33. Annual rest-harrow ; pale red. 



34. Double Roman nigella ; white mixed with blue. 



35. Small running nasturtium ; dark oranee. 



36. Nettle-mcirjorcun ; yellowish, no smell but to the over- 



curious. 



57. Rocket-larksptir ; pink and white. 



38. Sweet-scented lupines ; bright yellow. 



39. \Vhite Moldavian balm ; fair white, and fragrant smell. 



40. Dutch lupines ; fine blue. 



41. Annual hare's ear; pale yellow. 



42. Purple jacobea ; purplish-red and yellow eye. 



43. Dutch ranunculus-marigold ; sulphur-color. 



44. Red-topped clary ; pale-red, and pink leaves. 



Fourth range, which grow from 2 to 2^ or 3 feet high. 

 Belvidere ; yellowish, a handsome plant. 

 Small variegated corn-poppy ; various, red and white, &c. 

 Double upright larkspur ; blue, blush, &c. 



Cyanus minor ; blue, 



&c. 



Thorn-apple ; white, and singular pod. 

 Prince's feather ; dark crimson. 

 Crown-larkspur ; pale pink, spotted, &c. 

 Honey scabious ; pale blue, and globular pod. 

 Portugal lychnis ; pale red. 

 Small blue lupines ; bright blue. 

 Loves lies a-bleeding ; light red. 

 Ranunculus-marigold ; deep orange. 

 Honeywort ; dark purple, and singular shape- 

 Strawberry -spinage ; bright-red &ut. 



Fifth 



which grow from 3 to ifeet high. 



Venetian small-flowered mallow ; purplish- white. 

 Double crimson jagged -leaf poppy ; dark crimson. 

 Tall narrow-leaf wallflower ; bright yellow. 

 Arach ; deep crimson. 



Double striped carnation-poppy ; red jmd white. 



Blue sweet trefoil ; lead-color. 



Red lavatera ; light changeable red. 



Branching larkspur ; blue and white, &c. 



Tall white lupines ; clear white. 



Double black camation-poppy ; rose-color. 



& 27. Small Peruvian nasturtium ; djurk orange. 



Lord Anson's peas ; fine blue. . 



\\'hite lavatera; snow white. 



Dwarf double and quilled yellow smiflower ; deep vellow. 

 Bladder ketniia ; pale-sulpliur and purple eye, with slngxilar 

 pod. 



- Sijrih range, which grow from 5 to 7 or 10 fe t high. 

 Tall double yellow sunflower, with black seed ; deep yel- 

 Painted lady sweet-scented peas ; pale-red, and white. 

 Arach ; sulphur-colored. 



Purple sweet-scented peas ; dark and light purple. 



Tall Indian arsmart ; bright crimson. 



Painted lady crown- peas ; black and white. 



Convolvulus major; fine purple. 



■WTiite crown-peas ; clear white. 



Large Indian nasturtium ; dark and light orange. 



Tall double brimstone sunflower; sulphur-colored. 



White sweet-scented peas; clear white. 



Plain tangier peas; fine crimson. 



Tall oriental mallow ; purple. 



Painted lady tangier peas; pale-red and white. 



Scarlet beans ; tine scarlet. 



Curled- leaf upright mallow; white tinged with purple. 



6510. In borders he sows in six rows, or rather at six different distances from the walk, according to 

 the different ranges, thus : — 



74 75 



77 78 79 80 8f 



59 



60 61 



67 68 



70 



73 



45 46 47 46 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 

 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 



16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 



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6511. For a circular clump, or cojie of Jlowers, including all the 89 different sorts, 

 he arranges the six heights in six concentric circles (Jig. 616.), placing a persicaria 



and oriental mallow in the centre. Tlie gene- 6 ^ 



ral appearance (Jig. 617.), he says, is " the same 

 on every side, rising gradually from the edge up- 

 wards, the highest plants meeting nearly in a point 

 at the centre, and no two flowers of the same color 

 or shape being seen together." (Beauties of Flora, 

 &c. p. ii.) To those who have but a limited space 

 and means, or who have few perennial flowers ; — 

 to persons in remote situations in tlie country ; — to 

 residents in the colonies ; and to female and infant 

 gardeners, the above list and modes of arrangement 

 aflfbrd a source of considerable show and amusement 

 at a very small expense, — little trouble, and, being 

 annuals, little loss of time. Swindon was in the 

 habit of supplying masters of ships with packets of 

 these seeds for all parts of the world.^ 



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