September 23, 1880. ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
glauca and Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum. The 
ground is of Mentha Pulegium gibraltarica, in which are 
dotted single plants of Pachyphyton bracteosum ; in the centre 
is a square of Altemanthera amcena margined with Kleinia 
repens—a very pretty and informal design. 
In other portions of the Park, particularly in “ The Dell ” and 
near Eotten Row, are imposing clumps of Cannas and Ricinuses, 
with a few single specimens of Palms and Musas judiciously 
situated to impart a subtropical appearance to these positions. 
The Park has been greatly admired throughout the summer. 
RUDBECKIA NEUMANNI. 
Few amongst hardy herbaceous plants are more bright and 
effective during the late summer months than this fine Rud- 
beckia. The flowers are of a bright deep yellow, and are rendered 
Fig. 57.—RUDBECKIA NEUMANNI. 
the more ornamental by the prominent dark central florets. The 
plants grow with great freedom, and flower most profusely during 
a period of six weeks. It varies in height according to the nature 
of the soil in which it is grown, and the dryness or wetness of the 
season. I have admired it in masses about 18 inches in height 
and more in diameter, and have seen it even more imposing when 
more than twice that height. For the back of herbaceous beds, 
and for the front, between the shrubs, of shrubbery borders, this 
plant is equally telling, and should be grown in all gardens where 
such plants are cherished.—J. D. 
The Common Hemp. —This is a valuable plant for its foliage in 
summer. We have seen little of late years, but in the Cambridge 
