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the Dahlias, whilst the flowers of the latter, resting 

 on the Ferula, present somewhat the appearance 

 they do when cut and arranged in vases with Fern- 

 fronds. A bed of tall and standard Fuchsias, inter- 

 mixed with dwarf plants of Grevillea robusta, or with 

 seedling Acacia lophantha, is also another very tell- 

 ing arrangement to place between surrounding beds 

 of foliage plants. The flowery panicles of Hictnea 

 elegans look appropriate in almost any position, or in 

 association with all varieties of sub-tropicals ; and the 

 plant is one of the best, if not the very best, of all 

 the kinds for isolation on the turf. 



The hardy herbaceous Bocconia cordata, which in 

 good soil attains a height of eight feet, and flowers 

 profusely, also does grandly in association with the 

 more massive sub-tropicals, such as Cannas and 

 Wigandias, but should always be used as a central 

 plant. It also makes a fine permanent lawn plant ; 

 a large group of it, either on the open lawn amongst 

 the beds, or in a nook of the lawn, having a dark 

 background of shrubs, has a most charming eifect. 



List of Plants. — Further particulars as to ar- 

 rangement are unnecessary, but the following list of 

 plants will show how greatly at the will of the 

 operator they may be varied : — 



Hardy Kinds. 



Acanthus latifoliiis. 

 A. spinosissimus. 

 Aralia canescens. 

 Arundinaria falcata. 

 A. japonica. 

 Arundo conspicua. 

 A. donax. 



Ailantus gladulosa. 

 Bambusa Fortuniivariegata 

 Bocconia cordata. 

 Crambe cordifoLa. 

 C. juncea. 



CliamseroiJS humilis. 

 C. Fortuuii. 

 Fatsia japonica. 

 Funkia Sieboldii. 



Funkia Sieboldii variegata. 



F. ovata aurea. 



Ferula gigautea. 



F. communis. 



Gynerium argenteum. 



M e lianthus m aj > r. 



Phormium tenax. 



P. tenax variegata. 



P. sanguinea. 



Rlins Cotinus. 



E. glabra laciniata. 



Sambucus nigra aurea. 



Tamarix germanica. 



Tussilago Farf ara variegata. 



Yucca iilamentosa. 



Y. recurva. 



Kinds Easily Kaised from Seeds. 



Albizzia lophantha. 

 Amaranthus nielancholicus 



ruber. 

 A. cauda*^us. 

 Beta chilensis. 

 Cannas. 



Cannabis gigantea. 

 Chamsepeuce Casabonse. 

 C. diacantha. 

 Eucalyptus globulus. 

 Ferdinandia eminens. 

 Grevillea robusta. 



Humea elegans. 



Nicotiana macrophylla gi- 



gantea. 

 N. wigandioides variegata. 

 Per ilia nankin ensis. 

 Eicinus (all the varieties). 

 Salvia argentea. 

 Solanum (all the varieties). 

 Wigandia caracasana. 

 W. Vigieri. 



Zea japonica variegata. 



Kinds Suitable for Undergrowths to Larger 

 Plants. 



Abutilon vexillarium varie- 

 gatum. 



Centaurea candidissima. 



Cineraria maritima, 



Cerastium arvense. 



C. tomentosum. 



Dactylis glomerata varie- 

 gata. 



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Euonymus radicans varie- 

 gata. 



Pyrethrum , G oldenFeather . 

 Gnaphalium lanatum. 

 Herniaria glabra. 

 And all tbe mossy sections 

 of Saxifragas and Sedums. 



This is a long Hst, and necessarily so, as it is in- 

 tended to embrace plants in sufficient variety for the 

 largest garden. Those having but a small space to 

 furnish, and restricted in their conveniences for 

 raising the plants, should confine themselves to the 

 hardy kinds, and such of the annual seedling kinds 

 as can be raised in a frame or small green-house. 

 Hemp, Castor-oils, Chilian Beet, variegated Maize, 

 and Perilla are amongst those most readily raised. 

 Particulars as to raising and propagating these and 

 other bedding plants have already been given. 



General Culture. — The principal requirement 

 under this head consists in keeping the plants in a 

 growing state by copious supplies of water and 

 mulchings of manure, fine soil, or cocoa-fibre (this 

 last is the neatest), till the plants have filled out the 

 bed, when, as it were, they form their own mulch- 

 ings. The ground-work plants and edgings should 

 be gone over about once each week, for the purpose 

 of pinching out the points of straggling shoots and 

 pegging them down, and the tall plants should be 

 tied to stakes, care being needed that the ties are 

 not made so tightly that the plants get crippled. 

 Many of the plants swell out their stems so rapidly 

 that tying demands particular attention. Generally 

 it is best to let all tall plants grow after their own 

 natural habit, but sometimes a strong shoot or lead 

 will grow out of all proportion with the others ; in 

 such a case the points should be pinched out, with a 

 view of obtaining greater uniformity of growth ; for 

 though a formal appearance is undesirable, there 

 should be no perceptible want of balance of growth 

 in the same bed. 



It is not generally known that all the rapid- 

 growing annual sub-tropicals are amenable to stop- 

 ping or pinching, particularly of the side growths, 

 so that, if need be, this operation may be performed 

 on them. One of the most beautiful arrangements 

 we have ever seen was so treated ; the plants were 

 Eicinus Gibsonii, which were so repeatedly stopped 

 back that they developed quite a bushy, not to 

 say flat habit of growth. The rich bronze-brown 

 of this liicinus was set off to perfection by having 

 for a cushion the creamy-yellow Abutilon vexillarium 

 variegata. 



SUBUEBAN GAEDEOTNa. 



By James Hudson. 



THE SUPPLY AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT 

 OF SMALL GARDENS. 

 Propagation. — The hints given with respect to 

 the propagation of the Aucuba may be followed in 

 the case of other plants and shrubs that do not readily 



