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be edged in place of the pansies, by a row of 
a pink-flowered variety of verbena (Beaute 
Supreme). Both will bloom from June to 
October. 
No. 10 is to be planted, as in No. 6, with 
hyacinths (double blue variety — Lord Wel- 
lington,) edged with yellow crocus, planted in 
October, in patches of four or five, the patches 
at six inches apart ; these will flower in Ja- 
nuary and February, and the hyacinths in 
April and May. In February the beds may 
be planted between the hyacinths, with Gilia 
achillcefolia (blue), sown in pots early in Sep- 
tember, and kept in frames in winter ; this 
will flower in April, May, and June. In May, 
when the hyacinths are removed, the beds are 
to be planted with Calceolaria rugosa (yellow), 
raised from cuttings in August, and kept in 
the greenhouse through the winter ; it will 
flower from June to October. 
No. 11 is to be planted in October with 
tulips (single yellow), as in No. 7, edged with 
purple crocus, planted as in No. 10 ; the crocus 
will bloom in January and February ; the 
tulips in May. In February the spaces be- 
tween the tulips is to be filled with Collinsia 
bicolor (white and lilac), sown in pots early in 
September, and kept in frames ; this will 
bloom in April, May, and June. In May the 
space occupied by the tulips is to be replaced 
by Cup/tea platycentra (scarlet), raised from 
cuttings in August, and kept through the 
winter in the greenhouse and frames; this 
will bloom from June till October. 
No. 12 is to be planted in October with 
Polyanthus Narcissus (white variety — Grand 
Monarque,) at nine inches apart ; the bed may 
be edged with light blue crocus, planted as in 
No. 10 ; the crocus will flower in January 
and February, the narcissus in May. In Fe- 
bruary this bed is to be planted with stocks 
(purple ten weeks), raised in pots in August, 
and kept in frames ; these will bloom in April 
and May. In May, the place of the narcissus 
which are taken up and placed in the reserve 
garden, is to be occupied by the old variety of 
Petunia, violacea (purple), raised from cuttings 
in August, and kept through winter in the 
greenhouse and frames ; this will bloom from 
June onwards to October. 
No. 13 is to be occupied by Tulips (Tourne- 
sol — double scarlet and yellow), planted as in 
No. 7, with an edging of yellow crocus ; the 
former flower in May, the latter in January 
and February. In February, the spaces be- 
tween the tulips to be occupied by Nemophila 
insignis (blue), raised in pots early in Septem- 
ber, and kept in winter in frames ; this will 
bloom in April and May. In May, the place 
of the tulips is to be taken by Lobelia raviosa 
(blue), sown in August, and kept in the green- 
house through the winter ; these will bloom 
in June and July, and may be succeeded by 
another crop, sown in February, to bloom 
later in the season. 
No. 14 is to be occupied by hyacinths 
(double red variety — Waterloo), plante! as in 
No. 6, edged with white crocus; the latter 
bloom in January and February, the former 
in April and May. In February, the bed is 
to be planted between the hyacinths, with 
Coreopsis Drummondii (orange yellow), sown 
early in September, in pots, and kept in a 
frame ; it will bloom in May and June. In 
May, the place of the hyacinths is to be taken 
by Calceolaria viscosissiuia (orange yellow), 
raised from cuttings, in August, and kept in 
the greenhouse and frames ; it will bloom 
from June to October. 
No. 15 is to be occupied by Fritillaria 
prcecox (white), planted nine inches apart, in 
October, and edged with light blue crocus, the 
latter blooming in January and February, the 
former in April and May. In February the 
spaces between them should be planted with 
Nemophila atomaria (white), sown early in 
September in pots, and kept in frames; this 
will bloom in April, May, and June. In May 
the fritillarias may be removed to the reserve 
garden, and their place occupied by Heliotro- 
pium peruvianum (lilac), raised in August 
from cuttings, and kept in the greenhouse in 
winter ; these will flower from June to Octo- 
ber. 
No. 1 6 is to be occupied by Polyanthus Nar- 
cissus (yellow variety — Soleil d'Or), planted 
as in No. 12, and edged with light striped 
crocus, which flowers in January and Febru- 
ary, the narcissus in May. In February this 
is to be occupied with Godetia rosea-alba 
(pink), sown in August, to flower in May and 
June, followed in May by Silene pendula 
(rose-pink), taking the place of the narcissus, 
and blooming from June till September, the 
silene is to be sown in pots, at the end of 
September, and kept very airy in a cold 
frame. 
No. 17 is to be occupied by tulips (double 
red variety — Rex Rubrorum) planted as in 
No. 7, and edged with white crocus, the latter 
blooming in January and February, the for- 
mer in May. In February it is to be planted 
between with stocks (white ten weeks) sown 
in pots in August and kept in frames ; these 
will bloom in April and May. In May, the 
place of the tulips is to be taken by Agath&a 
coelestis (pale blue), raised from cuttings in 
August, and kept in the greenhouse and 
frame ; this blooms from June to October. 
No. 18 is to be planted in October with 
patches of ranunculus (Scarlet turban), nine 
inches apart, the patches consisting of about 
half a dozen roots placed near together ; these 
bloom about May. The bed may be edged at 
