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ornamental herbaceous plants and bulbous roots, of which there are 

 a great variety applicable to this purpose ; some of the flowering 

 annuals will also add to the splendour of the scene. 



The beauty of the flower-garden, in the summer season, may be 

 heightened by planting in beds some of the most freely flowering 

 young and healthy green-house plants. Where there is an extent 

 of green-house, a sufiicient quantity of plants should be grown 

 annually for this purpose, and should be sunk in the beds about 

 the middle or end of May. The following are among the beautiful 

 of this species : — 



Anagallis grandiflora, 



monelli, 



Heliotropium grandiflonim, 

 Fuschia coccinea. 

 Lobelia erinus, 

 unidentata, 



Hememeris urticifolia, 

 Alstromeria peregrina, 

 Bouvardia triphylla, 

 Geraniums of sorts, 

 Lychnis coronata, 

 Lynum trigynum. 



Planting, with a reference to park scenery, must depend in a great 

 measure on the nature and contour of the surface. Where there is 

 a variety of convex and concave, of hill and dale, fine effects may 

 be produced, by judiciously planting the hills and leaving open 

 the valleys for more pleasing contrasts ; but this must be regulated 

 by a judicious and refined taste : no formal group, perched upon the 

 top of a hill, nor masses that might give the appearance of a wilder- 

 ness, should be seen ; a flowing line, united with a lightness of effect, 

 should be preserved throughout. 



