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GEOMETRICAL FLOWER-GARDENS. 



of the beds and contrasting of colours is 

 the chief thing to be considered ; succes- 



Fig. 815. 



sion of plants is also indispensable; the 

 propagation by cuttings, seeds, &c, and 

 keeping in reserve to turn out when a 

 bed is ready to receive them." The plants 



recommended by Mr Brown for this gar- 

 den are as follows : — 



Plants occupying the beds in spring. — 

 1, Hyacinths, of sorts ; 2 Tulips, of sorts ; 



3, Narcissus, of sorts ; 4, Violas, of sorts, 

 standard roses ; 5, Crocuses, of sorts ; 6, 

 Violas, of sorts ; 7, Herbaceous plants and 

 roses ; 8, Hyacinths, of sorts ; 9, Ranuncu- 

 luses, of sorts ; 10, Anemones, of sorts; 1 1 , 

 Mathiola annua, scarlet and purple, turned 

 out of pots ; 12, Herbaceous plants and 

 annuals ; 13, Mathiala annua, scarlet and 

 jjurple, turned out of pots ; 14, Violas of 

 sorts, standard roses in the centre ; 15, 

 (Enothera macrocarpa ; 16. Ranunculus, 

 bordered with snowdrops; 17, Tulips, bor- 

 dered with snowdrops; 18, Mathiola an- 

 nua, scarlet and purple, turned out of pots. 



Plants in summer and autumn. — 1, Choice 

 dahlias, of sorts ; 2, do., do. ; 3, do., do. ; 



4, Verbena melendris, standard rose ; 5, 

 Calceolarias, of sorts ; 6, Fuchsia gracilis, 

 and microphylla ; 7, Herbaceous plants 

 and roses ; 8, Heliotropium peruvianum, 

 and scarlet pelargoniums ; 9, Salvia ful- 

 gens and splendens ; 10, Salvia fulgens 

 and involucrata ; 11, Lobelia erinus and 

 nanus, standard rose ; 12, Herbaceous 

 plants and annuals ; 1 3, Mathiola annua, 

 sown in spring ; 1 4, Violas, of sorts, stan- 

 dard rose in the centre ; 15, (Enothera 

 macrocarpa; 16, Campanula pyramidalis, 

 and Lobelia fulgens, mixed ; 17, Cam- 

 panula persicifolia and Lobelia splendens ; 

 18, Mathiola annua, scarlet and purple, 

 sown in spring. 



The following design, fig. 816, is by 

 Mr Smith, of Snelston Hall, Derbyshire, 



Fig. 810. 



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and is published with the following re- 

 marks in the "Magazine of Botany" : "It 

 would agree with any modern building; 

 but there is something of antiquity about 

 it which corresponds better with a Gothic 

 structure ; and when well enriched with 

 flowers and other curiosities, it renders 

 the parterre exceedingly pleasant to the 

 sight. The one here shown has gravel 



walks and box edgings, and would answer 

 well if the beds were planted in masses ; 

 but it is stocked chiefly with about 600 

 species of herbaceous plants. By this 

 mixture of planting, without farther trou- 

 ble, there is a successional show of flowers 

 the whole year; and, in addition, the 

 vacancies are sown in the spring with 

 some of the best annuals, chiefly of a 



