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rropasolums in two colors, and the other two with crimson and variegated Petunias Tho 

 lour small beds may be planted with Abronia Umbellate, Nolana, Phlox Drummondii and 

 Linum Grandiflora. Ihe four oval corner-beds may be planted with ornamental-foliated 

 plants , Perilla in two, and Coleus Verschaffeltii in the other two. Four of the small cor- 

 ner-beds may be filled with Mignonette and Alyssum, and four with Dianthus Heddeweeii 

 these may be varied to suit the fancy of the possessor with the newest annuals described 

 in the Catalogue, selecting them according to colors and height of growth All the beds 

 should be edged with box or thrift. The extent of ground is thirty-two feet square. 



For more artistic and complete grounds, 

 •ve add plans from one of the most ele- 

 gant flower-gardens of England. 



The first plan (No. 3) is extensive and 

 elaborate in design, and evinces artistic 

 skill and arrangement of a high order. 

 The length of the garden is a hundred and 

 sixty feet, and the width seventv-two feet. 

 The walks are of gravel, and the beds are 

 all edged with box. It maybe filled with 

 bedding-plants or with annuals; and, sup- 

 posing the amateur to desire a mixture of 

 the two, the following is an appropriate list; 

 Scarlet Geraniums and Verbenas being 

 the most effective of bedding-plants : — 



1. Verbena (blue). 



2. Verbena (white). 



3. Pansies, of the fine showy sorts. 



4. Portulaca (white). 



5. Tom-Thumb Geranium. 



6. Verbena (striped). 



7. Portulaca (golden). 



8. Campanula Carpatica, with Tree-Rose 

 in the centre. 



9. The same. 



10. Tom- Thumb Geranium. 



11. Portulaca ( white). 



12. Verbena (striped). 



13. Portulaca (golden). 



14. Pansies, of the fine showy sorts. 



15. Verbena (white). 



16. Verbena (blue). 



17. Ageratum. 



18. Heliotrope. 



19. Tom-Thumb Geranium. 



20. Verbena, Sunset (rose). 



21. Portulaca (golden). 



22. Portulaca (scarlet). 



23. Same as No. 8. 



24. Geranium, Lucia Rosea (pink). 



25. Tom-Thumb Geranium. 

 20. Tom-Thumb Geranium. 



27. Geranium, Lucia Rosea (piuk). 



28. Portulaca (scarlet). 



29. Tom- Thumb Geranium. 

 30 Heliotrope. 

 31. Verbena, Sun c ct. 

 3i. Portulaca (golden). 

 33. Ageratum. 

 84. Same as No. 8. 



35. Vase, or Statue. If a vase, to be 

 filled with Verbenas, Petunias, 

 &C If a statue, to be surrounded 

 with a circle of Oxalis Floribnnda, 

 Bur, when it is intended to be filled with annuals, this may easily be done bv substi- 

 niting Candytuft. Alyssum, Eschscholtzia, Lobelia, Agrostemma, Petunias, Dwarf' Convol- 

 vulus, Clarkias, &c. 



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