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THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
any unmanageable shoots should be cut off, as close to the ground as 
possible, in order that the shoots which the plant may send out to replace 
them, may be so near the ground as to be easily trained. When the 
plants have done flowering they should be taken up, and their roots cut 
in; after which they may be put into pots, three or four in each, and set 
aside in a cool frame, that is, a frame without fire heat, or in any place 
where they can be kept from the frost, till the time for planting out 
returns in spring. They will require very little light during winter, and 
no more water than is absolutely necessary to prevent the roots from 
withering. Many gardeners take cuttings in July and August from the 
edges of the beds, and keep these for planting out in spring, throwing the 
old plants away as soon as they have done flowering. No manure should 
be put on the beds, as if the soil be too rich the plants will produce more 
leaves and stems than flowers. The following plants will suit a geometri¬ 
cal garden of eight beds. 
1. Verbena Melindres (or Chamcedri- 
folia) latifolia. This variety is much 
hardier than the species, and the flowers are 
of an equally brilliant scarlet. 
2. Petunia nyctagimflora, the common 
white Petunia , or Petunia erubescens , 
French white, with a dark eye. 
3. Crucinella stylosa , pink. 
4. Anagallis Monelli , the Italian Pim¬ 
pernel, dark blue. 
5. Verbena pulchella , white, or Ver¬ 
bena Tweediana, crimson; according to 
which colour may be preferred. 
6. Petunia superba , rich dark purple. 
7. Erysimum Petrofskianum, bright 
orange flowers. This plant, though at first 
thought an annual, proves to be a peren¬ 
nial. 
8. Anagallis grandiflora , red. 
Should there be any difficulty in getting Crucinella stylosa , heartseases 
may be substituted, and if this is the case, they should also be planted in 
bed 7; o r dwarf scarlet geraniums may be planted in No. 3, and Calceo¬ 
larias in No. 7- If it is wished to have a spring show as well as a 
summer one, the following annuals may be sown in autumn, and the beds 
covered with matting in severe weather, or in February or the first week 
in March, without protection, f 
1. Nemophila insignis, bright blue, quite 
hardy. 
2. Lathenia calif or nica or glabrata , 
bright yellow, quite hardy. 
3. Phlox Drummondi, rather tender, or 
Malope grandiflora , quite hardy ; both red. 
4. Gilia tricolor , white, black and purple, 
quite hardy; or the more tender Clintonia 
pulchella , blue and white, or Kaulfussia 
amelloides , blue and yellow. 
5. Escholtzia californica or crocea , 
yellow or orange ; quite hardy. 
6. Eutoca viscida , dark blue, or E . 
Wrangeliana , pale blue ; both quite hardy. 
7. Platystemon californica , cream-colour, 
quite hardy. 
8. Sanvitalia procumbens , yellow and 
brown ; or Cladanthus arabicus , or Anthe- 
mis arabica , yellow ; quite hardy. 
All these flower freely, and are of bright colours; but they should be 
cleared off before the greenhouse plants are put into the beds : the 
planting of the latter, in this case, being delayed till the end of May. 
The other queries I have received, shall be answered in my next 
number. 
