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CHIM0NANTHU3 FKAGRANS.—CARPET-BEDDING. 
pink, veined witli dark orange, a fine and promising flower; and Purple Gem 
(Ho}de), violet-purple, veined and stained with dark, novel in colour, and good 
in habit, though wanting in quality. 
Of Mr. Wiggin’s new flowers, the best appeared to be :— Cornelia, a large and 
bold variety ; Fascination; Hesperis ; Lihj^ a small, but very pretty white flower ; 
Pulclieria; Eoxanna; and Vesta, another white flower, and promising to be very 
useful for its free-blooming qualities.—Quo. 
CHIMONANTHUS FEAGRANS. 
FINE plant of this most deliciously-scented deciduous shrub, growing here, 
flowered profusely last January, scenting the air all around it, and a 
handful of blossoms Avhich were placed on my writing-table filled the room 
with the most pleasant of perfumes that could be wished for. The 
colour of these flowers is peculiarly modest, so that when a hand-bouquet which 
we had been making, ai\d in which I had put a few of the blooms, was presented, 
the exclamation was, Oh ! what is it that smells so sweet ?” In reply I had to 
single out the quiet-coloured, but gratefully-scented Chimonanthus fragrans ,— 
“ Less fragi'ant scents the unfolding rose exhales, 
Or spices breathing in Arabian gales.” 
The plant alluded to is growing against a wall having a north-westerly aspect, 
and is so situated that in winter it never gets a ray of sunshine. Even in summer, 
with the exception of an hour or two, the sun’s rays are considerably subdued 
before falling on the plant, having to make their way through trees immediately 
in front, and which rise to a considerable height. 
During the summer of 1869 the plant ripened a considerable quantity of seed. 
In November a few of these were gathered and sown at once, and now I have a 
dozen nice thriving little plants. 
We often observe that Cherries will set their blossom better when on an 
aspect where they can be shaded a little from the full blaze of the sun ; but 
whether the shady situation of my Chimonanthus has had anything to do with the 
setting of its blooms, and the ripening of its seeds, I am not prepared to say.— 
Wm. Miller, Combe Ahheij Gardens. 
CARPET-BEDDING AT BATTERSEA PARK. 
^ARPET-BEDDING- is that system of planting summer flower-beds which 
has come into vogue during the last two or three years, in which the whole 
surface of the beds is clothed with a carpet-like covering of low, close¬ 
growing plants. As applied to decorative gardening, it also implies the 
arrangement of plants having leaves of different colours in such a way as to work 
out ornamental designs. Since the first advent of this system, it has always been 
most effectively carried out by Mr. Gibson at Battersea Park, this year with fully 
as much success as on previous occasions, and we are glad to be able to give some 
