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Rustic Adornments . 
plant, and so is its near ally Rheum emodi . Then there is the stately but 
graceful Pampas Grass ( Gynerium argenteum ), the equally graceful Bamboos 
(Bambusa falcata and B. Metahe), the Giant Fennel (. Ferula communis ), the 
Yucca, the giant Cow-parsnip {Heraceleum giganteum), Polygonum sachaliense, 
the Bronze-Leaf ( Rodgersia podophylla), and the New Zealand Reed (Arundo 
conspicua), all with very handsome foliage and well suited for single speci¬ 
mens or in groups. These require to be planted in good soil, but the turf 
may be allowed to grow close up to their base. They are most effective 
when planted near groups of shrubs. 
Bare banks may be made to look green and interesting by fixing thereon a 
few large stones or burrs here and there, planting shrubs behind them, and 
hardy ferns, fox gloves, mulleins, golden rod, and columbines between, and 
carpeting the surface with periwinkle, St. John’s wort, and ivy. Bare spaces under 
the spread of tree branches may be planted with ivy; there is really nothing 
better for the purpose. For covering old tree stumps or dead trees of small 
stature in the shrubbery or in the open, Clematis Jackmanni , C. montana , 
C. flxmmula , Pyrus Japonica , Cotoneaster microphylla, Jasminum nudiflorum , 
honeysuckles, evergreen or Ayrshire rose, everlasting peas, and Tropceolum 
podophyllum are suitable. Again, if standard roses are grown singly, the 
bareness of their stems in summer may be obviated by planting ivy-leaved 
pelargoniums, tropaeolums or petunias at their base and training the shoots 
loosely up them. The subject of rockeries, ferneries, and wild gardening 
being dealt with separately further on, it is unnecessary to touch upon this in 
the present chapter. Very much more might be said on the present subject 
if space permitted, but still enough has, we trust, been written to convey a 
general idea as to how beds and borders should be formed and planted. 
SELECTIONS OF PLANTS, &c. 
ANNUALS. 
Dwarf Hardy Annuals, not exceeding 6 Inches in Height. — Sweet 
Alyssum , white ; Calandrina speciosa , white ; Campanula pentagonia, purple ; 
Gypsophila muralis , pink ; Hymenoxis calif ornica, yellow; Kaulfussia atro- 
violacea , violet; Limnanthes grandiflora , yellow and white ; Lupinus nanus , 
various ; Mignonette ; Ne mop hila insignis , blue; N. i. alba , white ; N. macu- 
lata grandiflora, white and violet; Sanvitalia procumbens, crimson and yellow; 
