3 6 
[Barr and Sugden , 1871. 
per ico. per doz, 
PANSY— continued. 8. d. 8. d. 
free growth, and in very dry weather they should be occasionally watered. With 
such treatment in our Experimental Ground we have had all the Cliveden Pansies 
constantly in full bloom 30 o 
1657 Pansy, Cliveden black, a fine variety for a strong contrast 30 o 
1658 Pansy, Cliveden Magpie, purple blotched with pure white, very pretty and novel 30 o 
1659 Pansy, Purity, white marked violet purple 30 o 
1660 Phlox subulata (frondosa) 
1661 „ ,, alba (Nelson!) 
1662 ,, Perennial, very choice 
Varieties, 12/ to 15/ 
per dozen 
1662 ?, Pink, Cliveden double pure white 
1663 " ,, Pearce' s Covent Garden blush 
30 
These charming dwarf Phloxes are extremely effective in 
beds or as edgings. In the spring flower garden they form 
quite a sheet of bloom, which is finely set off by a carpet, 
of rich mossy green foliage. Subulata is a rich rose-purple , 
and alba a pure white, so that the two forma fine contrast 
These are two very effective pinks in the spring 
flower garden , forming a rich con trast to each l 
other, in long marginal lines, beds, or ribbons ; ( 
height, 6 inches ) 
1664 Polyanthus, very fine mixed varieties, valuable for filling beds and edgings 21 o 
1665 „ very choice mixed varieties 
1666 „ Early Admirable, rich crimson, flowers very early in spring 
1667 Primrose, single fine mixed 30 o 
1668 Pyrethrum Golden Feather, more beautiful in the spring flower garden than it is in the 
summer, the foliage being intensely golden 25 o 
1669 ,, Tchihatchewi, the new lawn pyrethrum, an invaluable plant for covering 
dry banks and situations where grass gets burnt up in summer 40 o 
1670 „ double varieties. These are amongst our most beautiful of border plants, 
and, to cut for vases, they are invaluable ; each, is. to is. 6 d. ; per 
dozen, 9/, 12/, and 15/. 
1671 Rocket, double white *. 
1672 „ double purple 
1673 Saponaria Calabrica, pink or white 12 6 
1674 Sllene, Cliveden pink (S. pendula), for ribbons and filling flower beds 10 6 
1675 ,, Cliveden white (S. pendula alba), very useful 10 6 
1676 Stachys lanata, a large jf/zw^-foliaged plant, fine edgings to large beds and borders 15 o 
1677 Viola cornuta, Purple King 30 o 
1678 „ „ „ Seed, is. per packet. 
1679 „ „ Mauve Queen 3 ° 0 
1680 „ „ „ Seed, is. per packet. 
1681 ,, „ alba, pure white 3° 0 
1682 „ ,, „ ,, Seed, w. and 2 s. 6 d. per packet. 
1683 ,, „ lutea grandiflora, pure yellow 4 ° 0 
1684 „ „ „ „ Seed, is. and 2 s. 6d. per packet. 
1685 ,, ,, „ major, rich yellow, the largest, the purest yellow, and the most 
continuous bloomer qf spring and summer flowering plants, and 
cannot be too highly recommended 75 o 
1686 ,, Blue Perfection (new), a very valuable continuous blooming rich 1 blue variety 
Plant the Violas tolerably thick, to insure a compact and continuous mass of bloom. 
1687 Wallflower, dark red ; for ribbons, the back row of borders, and for beds 25 o 
1688 ,, single yellow; for ribbons, back row of borders, and beds 25 o 
5 6 
6 o 
10 6 
7 6 
2 o 
1 6 
1 6 
2 6 
4 6 
4 6 
4 6 
5 ^ 
12 o 
9 o 
SUB-ALPINE MOUNDS. 
One of the latest and most interesting features which have been developed in gardening is the Sub-Alpine 
aspect, wherever such can be introduced. Mounds are thrown up and planted with an Alpine vegetation, and, where 
possible receding, giving various heights and depressions, such as are to be found in natural landscapes — a kind 
of semi-wild Alpine garden where every tint of Alpine foliage and every variety of Alpine flower may be associated 
as in nature, while up the pseudo-mountain-side some of our pigmy firs can be planted ; and, in the summer-time, 
Echeveria metallica, arborea, and arborea purpurea, and other such massive-leaved plants, and the whole of the 
intervening spaces covered with hardy Alpines which remain uninjured during our severest winters. As the 
verdure graduates, so the distant peaks may be capped with the silvery-foliaged Antennaria tomentosa, which, 
during the summer and winter months, at a distance, looks as if the summits were covered with snow. The more 
Antennaria is exposed the whiter and more beautiful it is. Those who may not have seen works of art in this 
way would do well to visit Battersea Park, undoubtedly the finest public ornamental garden in Europe. There, 
has been cradled, nurtured, and developed the finest features of our leaf-gardens. Here, it has been shown 
that a garden is not necessarily a place where Geraniums, Calceolarias, and other gay flowers are crowded into 
beds to dazzle the eye, and make the refined inquire if the gardener had taken his idea from a Paisley shawl. 
There are but few patterns and combinations that during the last twenty years have appeared in our flower 
gardens which had not during the previous twenty years appeared on our Paisley shawls, which in their turn 
seem, in their many loud colours, to have imitated Joseph’s coat. 
1689 200 in 200 species 
1690 joo in 100 ,, 
1691 100 in 50 ,, 
1692 50 in 50 ,, 
SELECTIONS OF HARDY PLANTS FOR SUB-ALPINE MOUNDS. 
1 1. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
168 
O 
1693 50 in 25 species 
30/ to 35 
O 
80 
O 
1694 25 in 25 ,, 
IS/ <0 21 
O 
70 
O 
1695 12 in 12 ,, 
6/, 9/, and 12 
O 
40 
O 
1696 Antennaria tomentosa [the Snoiu Plant), 100/ per 1000 ; 15/ per 100 ; 3/6 per dozen. In pots, 6/ per 
dozen. This is one of the indispensable plants in all classes of Alpine work. 
1697 Semperyivum montanum (the Mountain house-leek), 7/6, 10/6, and 15/ per 100 ; 2/6 and 3/6 per dozen. 
1698 „ Californicum (the Californian, house-leek), 10/6, 15/, 21/, and 25/ per 100 ; 3/6, 4/6, and 
6/ per dozen. 
1699 „ tictorum (the English house-leek), 10/, 15/, and 20/ per 100 ; 2/6 and 3/6 per dozen. 
1700 Lithospermum prostratum, the intensest blue flower in cultivation, 50/ per 100 ; 9/ per dozen. 
We have quoted these plants here in quantity at a cheap rate ; they should be planted largely in all 
Alpine work. For edgings to beds, for neatness and beauty, Sempervivum californicum and montanum are 
matchless. Tictorum, if the brood are removed, becomes a plant of massive and beautiful proportions ; we 
have seen them nine inches in diameter. 
