202 THE LADIES MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
small one in the centre, may then be planted with rather tall plants, as 
follows:— 
1. Salvia fulgens , scarlet. 
2. Calceolaria viscosa, golden yellow. 
3. Petunia splendens } dark purple. 
4. Lysimachia verticillata , yellow. 
5. Salvia patens, blue. 
6. Erysimum PetrofsJcianum , orange. 
The other six to correspond, beginning with Salvia fulgens. All these 
should be tied np, or trained to frames, spread in a pyramidal manner, so 
as to form separate masses of colour, and yet to be seen over the heads of 
the plants forming the outer part of the pattern. The half-circles beyond 
may then be planted as follows, with plants somewhat lower :— 
7 & 13. AmaryllisMonellif>\ne,ix&me&xi]). 
8 & 14. Phlox omniflora , white, tied up. 
9 & 15. Scarlet geraniums. 
10 & 16. Coreopsis tinctoria f yellow and 
brown. 
11 & 17. Petunia nyctaginifolia, white, tied 
up. 
12 & 18. Eschscholtzia calif or nica, yel¬ 
low. 
The small beds from 19 to 30 may be planted as follows :— 
19 & 25. 1sotoma axillaris, lilac. 
20 & 26. Lobelia lutea , yellow. 
21 & 27. Phlox Drummondi, pink. 
22 & 28. Whitish geraniums, such as Bella 
Donna , macranthum , &c. 
23 & 29. Lysimachia quadriflora , yellow. 
24 & 30. Nicrembergia gracilis , whitish. 
The twelve half-circles beyond these may be planted as follows :— 
31 & 37. Verbena Melindres latifolia, 
scarlet. 
32 & 38. QZnothera taraxacifolia, or (E. 
speciosa, white. 
33 & 39. Lobelia erinoides , or L. gracilis , 
blue. 
34 & 40. (Enothera Drummondi, or CE. 
grandiflora, yellow. 
35 & 41. Campanula garganica , or car- 
patica, blue. 
36 & 41. Verbena teucroides , white. 
37 & 42. Sanvitalia procumbens, yellow. 
The diamond-shaped beds beyond may be covered with a light trellis- 
work of wires, or wood, painted green, at about six or eight inches from 
the ground, over which the following creepers may be trained. 
43 & 49. Lophospermum scandens, or 
erubescens, pink. 
44 & 50. Thunbergia alata, buff. 
45 & 51. Maurandya Bar clay ana, blue. 
46 & 52. Eccremocarpus, or Calempelis 
scabra, yellow. 
47 & 53. Cobcea scandens , purple. 
48 & 54. Tropceolum peregrinum, or ad- 
uncum , the canary-bird flower, yellow. 
The outer range of half-circles may be filled entirely with showy plants, 
pegged down, as follows 
55 & 61. Verbena Melindres latifolia , or 
V. Hopwoodiana, scarlet. 
56 & 62. Petunia nyctaginiflora , white. 
57 & 63. Verbena Tweediana , crimson. 
58 & 64. Calceolaria rugosa , yellow. 
59 & 65. Petunia splendens , or P. bicolor , 
yellow. 
60 & 66. Lasthenia californica, yellow. 
To keep such a flower-garden in proper order, a reserve garden will be 
absolutely necessary; and two or three free-flowering plants should be 
kept in pots, to fill up blanks, if required, when the proper plants may be 
wanting. The best plants for this purpose are the white shrubby Candy¬ 
tuft ( Iberis sempervirens), the orange Hedge Mustard {Erysimum Petrof- 
skianum ), the blue Lobelia erinoides , or L. gracilis , and the scarlet Verbena 
