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TOWN AND SMALL SUBURBAN GARDENS. 



all the genera ; Olea europaea ; Philly- 

 rea, all the species ; Prinos, all the 

 genera ; Rhamnus alaternus, laurifolius ; 

 Yucca, all the hardy species ; Arbutus, 

 all the hardy species ; Kalmia, all the 

 genera ; Ledum, all the genera ; Per- 

 nettya, all the genera ; Rhododendron, 

 alta-clerense, Jacksoni, sanguineum, Cun- 

 ninghami, dauricum, var. atrovirens, 

 Nobleanum, Purshii, Russellianum, tigri- 

 num, vesticum, barbatum, campanulatum, 

 catawbiense (true.) The important addi- 

 tions made to this family by Dr Joseph 

 Hooker, from the Sikhim range of the 

 Himalayas, have not as yet been proved 

 to be sufficiently hardy (although there 

 is little doubt that they are so) to warrant 

 our recommending them to the proprie- 

 tors of villa gardens in general, although 

 we are quite aware that many amateurs 

 are already possessed of them. The fol- 

 lowing are a few of the newer varieties 

 which have been proved hardy : Towardii, 

 sabrina, cerito, Queen Victoria, Albion, 

 Paxtonii, bouquet de Flora, Raeanum, 

 vivid, Blandyanum, Standishii, erectum, 

 regina, gem, ignescens, compactum, Lind- 

 seyii, coccineum, Ianthe, Reedianum. The 

 number of hybrids is so great that it is 

 difficult to make a selection. We admire 

 the scarlet and bright- coloured varieties 

 most, and therefore think many will do 

 so too. The above small selection em- 

 braces many of them. 



Coniferm. — In the best exposed villa gar- 

 dens the following rather rare interesting- 

 plants deserve a place : Thuja cuneata, gi- 

 gantea, plicata, flagelliformis ; Cupressus 

 benthami, funebris, Goveniana, Lindleyi, 

 macrocarpa, torulosa, cricoides ; Taxodi- 

 um hetrophyllum, sempervirens, adscen- 

 dens, Hugeli ; Cryptomeria japonica ; 

 Juniperus drupacea,hemispherica, chinen- 

 sis, mexicana, recurva, gossainthanea ; 

 Taxus drupacea, pedunculata, Fortunii, 

 tardiva, umbraculefera, montana, baccata, 

 var. Dovastoni, (or weeping yew, a very 

 handsome lawn-plant,) recurvata ; Saxe- 

 Gotha conspicua, (a very interesting ever- 

 green tree, named in compliment to His 

 Royal Highness Prince Albert, inhabiting 

 the frigid regions of the mountains of Pa- 

 tagonia ;) Fitz-Roya patagonica, from the 

 same regions, equally hardy, and both re- 

 cently introduced. This section of Coni- 

 ferse appears to stand the atmosphere of 

 confined gardens much better than those of 



Pinus, Abies, &c, and are more in unison 

 with dressed grounds and buildings. 



Select list of hardy herbaceous plants suit- 

 able for a villa garden. — Our object in 

 presenting this list is, that we have so 

 often seen in such gardens very good 

 selections of other plants, while a worse 

 choice could scarcely be made of the 

 plants in the open borders. Adonis ver- 

 nalis ; Alyssum saxatile ; Corydalis nobi- 

 lis ; Diely tra formosa, eximia, spectabilis ; 

 Coronilla iberica ; Lathyrus grandiflorus ; 

 Orobus vera us, formosus ; Ammobium 

 alatum ; Liatris, all the species ; Anten- 

 naria triplinervis ; Erigeron grandiflorus, 

 Villarsii ; Aster alpinus, pulchellus, Novse 

 anglise, cyaneus, grandiflorus, pulcherri- 

 mus, Amellus, Novi belgii, spectabilis, 

 amelloides, blandus ; Tagetes lucida ; 

 Pyrethrum uliginosum, roseum ; Achillea 

 grandiflora, speciosa, nobilis ; Lupinus 

 polyphyllus, and var. albiflorus, sericeus, 

 argenteus, macrophyllus ; Lobelia fulgens, 

 and varieties from it ; Tigridia pavonia, 

 conchiflora ; Hesperis matronalis, with its 

 double varieties; Iberis semperflorens, 

 gibraltarica, saxatilis, corifolia, Tenore- 

 ana; Vesicaria utriculata; Cheiranthus 

 mutabilis, Marshallianus ; Miraulus varie- 

 gatus, cardinalis, propinquns, roseus ; 

 Linaria triornithophora, genistsefolia ; 

 Verbena venosa ; Chelone obliqua, Lyoni, 

 barbata ; Penstemon campanulatum, digi- 

 tale, atropurpureum, gentinoides et var. 

 alba, coccineum, splendens, Scouleri, 

 speciosum, venustum, crassifolium ; Dra- 

 cocephalum speciosum, botryoides, denti- 

 culatum argunense ; Trollius asiaticus ; 

 Anemone Halleri, japonica, palmata, 

 apennina ; Hepatica triloba, with its 

 varieties ; Aquilegia glandulosa, cana- 

 densis, fragrans, alpina, grandis, speciosa, 

 Whitmanni, Skinneri, glauca ; Delphi- 

 nium grandiflorum, and its varieties, 

 chinense, cheilanthum, elegans, azureum ; 

 Lychnis chalcedonica alba-plena, coro- 

 naria ; Saponaria officinalis plena ; Dian- 

 thus latifolius, japonicus, suaveolens, su- 

 perbus, pulchellus ; Epilobium latifolium ; 

 CEnothera speciosa, glauca, missourensis, 

 taraxifolia, macrocarpa ; Muscari como- 

 sum, botryoides ; Phalangium Liliago, 

 ramosum ; Scilla peruviana, sibirica, 

 campanulata, verna, prsecox, autumnalis; 

 Uvularia, all the genus; Bulbocodium 

 vernum ; Erythronium, all the genus ; 

 Tritonia, all the genus ; Lilium lanci- 



