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TOWN AND SMALL SUBURBAN GARDENS. 



which are not decided climbers, Cydonia 

 japonica, Cineraria maritima, with its pure 

 white leaves ; Ribes sanguineum, Ceano- 

 thus dentatus, rigidus, papillosus, azureus, 

 divaricatus, Escallonia, various species ; 

 the common Laburnum, which luxuriates 

 as much in the city of London as it does 

 in its native habitat ; Fuchsia discolor, 

 Kerria japonica, Deutzia scabra, corym- 

 bosa, Fabiana imbricata, Forsythia viri- 

 dissima ; Mahonia, several species ; Rho- 

 dodendron, various species and varieties ; 

 Weigela rosea, Laurus nobilis, Magnolia 

 grandiflora conspicua ; Spiraea bella, 

 Chimonanthus fragrans, &c. Roses, ex- 

 cepting the more hardy sorts, such as 

 ruga, seldom flower in confined places. 

 However, where the situation is open, 

 many varieties of them may be intermixed 

 with plants which retain their leaves all 

 the winter. 



If anything more than another renders 

 street-gardens unsightly, it is the want of 

 a judicious selection of the plants em- 

 ployed. All weedy-looking sorts should 

 be rejected, and all which are of weakly 

 growth will, under such circumstances, 

 assume that character. The prevailing 

 desire to grow a little of everything, and 

 of this thing, and of the other, without 

 considering their adaptation to the situa- 

 tion, should be curbed, and those encou- 

 raged, only which are known to prosper 

 best. Mignonette, the favourite of all 

 border-plants, thrives ill in such places, 

 and more especially if somewhat shaded 

 and damp. It will, however, with many 

 annuals of similar habit, continue a toler- 

 able existence, if sown in gravel instead of 

 rich mould ; and although assuming a 

 more stunted appearance, will nevertheless 

 continue to flower throughout the season, 

 in tolerable perfection, requiring only, in 

 very dry weather, a slight watering over- 

 head to clear the foliage of dust, and 

 partially to refresh the roots. Nemo- 

 phila insignis, Clarkia pulchella, Collinsia 

 bicolor, Leptosiphon densiflorus, androsa- 

 ceus; Brachycome iberidifolia ; Calandri- 

 nia, most of the genus ; Campanula Lorei, 

 pentagona ; Chsenostoma polyantha ; He- 

 lianthemum guttatum, and all the annual 

 species ; Kaulfussia amelloides ; Lobelia 

 erinoides, erinus ; Lupinus nanus, bicolor ; 

 Malcomia maritima ; Mesembryanthemum 

 tricolor ; Oxyura chrysanthemoides ; Por- 

 tulaca, most of the genus, are annuals 



well suited for such situations; and, if 

 sown in autumn, will flower early in spring, 

 and continue till the beginning of sum- 

 mer, when their places should be taken up 

 with scarlet geraniums, heliotropes, ver- 

 benas, &c, grown in pots, and set on or 

 plunged in the gravel. 



Nemophila insignis, Cochlearia acaulis, 

 Calandrinia speciosa, Lasthenia califor- 

 nica, Saponaria calabrica, will prosper 

 better than most other good annuals in a 

 rather damp and partially shaded situa- 

 tion. While, amongst low-growing abun- 

 dant-flowering herbaceous plants, the 

 following may be named as suitable for a 

 similar situation : — Caltha palustris flore- 

 pleno, Anemone japonica, pulsatilla, ne- 

 morosa flore-pleno ; Bellis perennis, (the 

 double daisy, in great variety ;) Campanula 

 carpatica, pumila ; Convallaria Majales, 

 Cardamine pratensis ; Dracocephalum 

 grandiflorum ; Trollius, all the genus ; 

 Eranthis hyemalis ; Helleborus niger, 

 viridis ; Ficaria ranunculoides plena, Ra- 

 nunculus gramineus, aconitifolius, am- 

 plexicaulis, repens, flore-pleno ; Hepa- 

 ticas, several varieties ; the fine and too 

 little cultivated genera Trillium, Helo- 

 nias, Uvularia, and Smilacina, and the 

 autumnal flowering Colchicums ; and, 

 where there is sufficient space, the noble 

 Yuccas of North America, and the beau- 

 tiful family of Monarda, in general lost in 

 gardens, from being planted in too dry 

 soils, and in too hot situations ; Gentiana 

 acaulis, verna ; Lobelia cardinalis ; Mi- 

 niums cardinalis, moschatus, and most of 

 the hybrid varieties ; Myosotis palustris, 

 Saxifraga, most of the genus; Sedum, 

 many of the genus ; Soldanella, most of 

 the genus ; and, where the soil is of a 

 loamy character, many of the primroses. 



The following plants adapt themselves 

 to the driest and most exposed situations, 

 many of them delighting to grow on the 

 tops of walls, and in the joints of the 

 mortar : — Helianthemum, most of the spe- 

 cies of procumbent habits; Fumaria lutea, 

 Erinus alpinus, hispanicus ; Grammanthes 

 gentianoides, Linaria tristis, Cymbalaria 

 vulgaris; Antirrhinum majus, Cheiran- 

 thus cheiri, in all its varieties, fruticu- 

 losus ; Arabis, many of the genera ; Lu- 

 naria rediviva, Aubrietia deltoides, Alys- 

 sum saxatile, murale, olympicum ; Draba 

 aizoides, ciliaris, Aizoon, Iberis saxatilis, 

 sempervirens, and gibraltarica, in warm 



