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FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FLOWER GARDENS. 
kept in frames, and will be in flower pro- 
bably by the end of April, and last through- 
out May. The crocuses may be tied up, and 
taken up as in No. 2. In May, the bed is 
to be planted with Saponaria ocymoides 
(pink), a few rough pieces of stone being 
placed round each plant ; these should have 
been raised from cuttings in the latter part 
of the summer previously, and will soon be 
in flower, lasting a long time, probably 
throughout the months of June, July, and 
August. If the plants go out of flower by 
the middle of August, the beds may be tem- 
porarily filled by any small growing plant, of 
which a sufficient stock may be on hand. 
No. 4 is to be planted in October with 
crocuses (large yellow variety), managed as 
in No. 2. These are to be succeeded in 
March by Lasthenia glabrata (yellow), sown 
early in September in pots, and kept in a 
frame ; this will flower in April and May. 
In May the place of the crocuses is to be 
taken by plants of Tropceolum minus (orange), 
raised from seeds in February, in the green- 
house ; the shoots of this plant must be kept 
pegged down to the surface, and the leaves 
thinned a little; it also requires poor soil to 
flower freely, or what will serve the same 
purpose, a spade thrust into the soil all 
around, and rather near it, so as to cut some 
of the roots and thus check it ; this may be 
done two or three times, as seen to be neces- 
sary. It will probably commence flowering 
by the end of May, and last till October. 
No. 5 is to be planted in October with 
anemones (scarlet poppy-flowered), in patches 
at nine inches apart; these will flower in 
February and March. In the latter month, 
stocks (scarlet ten weeks) raised in pots in 
August, and kept in frames, should be planted 
between them; these will bloom in April and 
May. In May the anemones are to be re- 
moved to the reserve garden, and their place 
occupied by Nierembergia jilicaulis (white), 
raised from cuttings in August, and kept in 
a greenhouse in winter; this will bloom from 
June till the end of summer. 
No. 6 is to be planted in October with 
hyacinths (single blue variety — L'ami de 
Coeur), nine inches apart, the bed edged with 
a row of yellow pansies, raised from cuttings 
in August, and planted at the same time as 
the hyacinths. The pansies will bloom from 
February onwards; the hyacinths in April 
and May. In February the spaces between 
the hyacinths are to be planted with Nemo- 
phila insignis (blue), sown in pots early in 
September, and kept in cold frames ; this will 
most likely flower in March, and last through 
April into May. In May the hyacinths are 
to be taken up as soon as the bloom is past, 
«uid carefully laid in, in the reserve garden ; 
their place is then to be taken by Ageratum 
ccelestinum (pale blue), raised from cuttings 
in August, kept in frames during the winter, 
and now placed a foot apart : the edging of 
pansies may be removed and substituted by a 
bluish-lilac coloured variety of verbena (Ame- 
thystina) ; these plants will both bloom from 
June to October. 
No. 7 is to be planted in October, at nine 
inches apart, with tulips /'double yellow 
variety — Yellow rose), edged with dark purple 
coloured pansies, raised from cuttings in 
August, and planted in October. The pansies 
will come into bloom in February, and con- 
tinue onwards ; the tulips will bloom in May. 
Early in March, Yelloio lupines, sown in pots 
in August, and kept in frames, should be 
planted between the hyacinths ; these will 
bloom in April and May. Towards the end 
of May the place of the tulips may be taken 
by Scarlet pelargoniums (Frogmore variety, 
or Huntsman), raised in the previous summer, 
and kept in the greenhouses and frames ; 
these will flower from June to October. The 
bed may be edged with a row of a white 
variety of verbena (the Queen). 
No. 8 is to be planted in October, with 
hyacinths (single red variety — Paix d' Amiens) 
as in No. 6, edged with cream-coloured pan- 
sies, raised from cuttings in August, and 
planted in October. The pansies will be in 
flower from February onwards, and the hya- 
cinths in April and May. By the beginning of 
March the bed may be filled between the hya- 
cinths with stocks (scarlet ten weeks), raised in 
pots in August, and kept through the winter 
in frames ; these will bloom in April and May. 
In May, the hyacinths are to be removed as in 
No. 6, and substituted by Ageratum ccelesti- 
num (pale blue) raised from cuttings in Au- 
gust, and kept in frames during winter. The 
pansy edging may be substituted for one of 
an orange-scarlet variety of verbena (Kyle's 
Speciosa). Both will flower from June to 
October. 
No. 9 is to be planted in October, with 
hyacinths (single white variety — Grand Vain- 
queur), as in No. 6, edged with light lilac- 
blue pansies, raised from cuttings in August, 
and planted in October ; they will bloom as in 
No. 6 and 8. In February, the bed should 
be planted between the bulbs with Gilia trico- 
lor (lilac), sown in pots early in September, 
and kept in a cold frame ; this will, probably, 
come in by the end of March, and continue 
through April and part of May. In May the 
hyacinths are to be removed, and the bed 
planted with Scarlet pelargoniums (General 
Tom Thumb) placed a foot and a-half apart ; 
these should be raised from cuttings, the pre- 
vious summer, and kept in the greenhouse and 
frames through the winter. This bed may 
