THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
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will be if some hedgerow fern or hemlock of the arctic 
marshes shall prove to be worthy of a place in the garden, in 
the same compartment in which tree-ferns, and palms, and 
castor-oil plants and 
wigandias are the 
proper subtropical oc¬ 
cupants. Thus we pass 
from the subtropical 
garden to a garden of 
some other kind, in 
which “ beauty of 
form” is the prime 
consideration, and the 
money value, equally 
with the native habitat 
of a plant, are matters 
of no consequence at 
all. But, then, if we 
get away from the ori¬ 
ginal idea, we may as 
well abandon the ori¬ 
ginal designation. The 
proper name for the 
style of gardening 
which employs tender 
and hardy plants alike, 
and cares nothing for 
the country, kindred, 
or money value of any 
while sensitively an¬ 
xious for beauty of a 
distinctive kind—the 
proper name for such 
a style is the Pictu¬ 
resque Flower Garden; 
for picturesque effects 
are aimed at, and flow¬ 
ers are always required 
to lightthemup. Let us 
henceforth call this the Picturesque Flower Garden, as di& 
tinct from the highly-coloured flower garden, and the larger 
subject of decorative gardening which embraces all styles and 
SORGHUM BICOLOR. 
