f^MATEUR CULTIVATOR'S "gUIDE. ? 



THE FLOWER-GABDEK 



1IIK arrangement of a flower-garden must depend so much upon tht 

 taste or fancy of the cultivator, that it is very difficult to lav down 

 any rules applicable to general use. All we can do to aid tlie inex- 

 perienced is to give such plan? as display correct principles in tlicir 

 general features, which will serve U a guide in grounds of smaller 

 or larger extent. Of course, we have reference to flower-garden-', or 

 spots of ground set apart for annuals, bedding-plants, or bulb-- : as 

 any thing more extensive would be beyond the scope of a catalogue. 



Where the flower-garden already exists, and is laid out in beds or 

 borders for miscellaneous plants, all the infoimation necessary to the 

 amateur will be found in our preceding remarks, except that, perhaps, in reference to the 

 disposition of colors. If, however, the form is not a fanciful one, or one laid out in the true 



Crinciples of the geometrical style, it may be remodelled upon some plan which will com- 

 ine the merits of those we now annex. 



Commencing with the simplest form of ground, where there is no pretension to artistic 

 display, the two following will be found well adapted for annuals or bedding-plants, or the 

 two combined. 



In the first plan (No. 1), the ground may be arranged as follows: In the centre mav be 

 double Zinnias, if a grand display is desired; but if not, then Zinnias, Marigolds, Asters, 

 and similar tall-growing annuals, placing the tallest in the centre. The eight small beds 

 adjoining the centre one may be planted in alternate colors, or mixed with Clintonia, I'ortu- 

 laca, Verbenas, Pansies, Agrostemma, Lobelias, &c. The four larger beds may be planted in 

 four different colors, or mixed, or in ribbon style; in the latter case, using Perilla Nankinen- 

 sis tor the centre row, ai.d other decided colors for the outer rows, which should be dwarf at 

 the edge. The four corner-beds may be filled with Mignonette, Sweet Alyssum for the fra- 

 grance, or with other more showy plants. 



No. 1. 



No. 2. 



The second plan (No. 2) admits of a greater display, and particularly if masses of one 

 color are desired. The centre may be filled with any tall plants of one color; viz., Zinnias, 

 Asters, Marigolds, or Balsams. Two of the four oval beds may be Portulaca, scarlet atid 

 white, or golden and scarlet^ the other two with bine and white Lobelia, or crimson and 

 white Candytuft. Two of the four large beds between the oval ones may be planted with 



