THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
September 12. 
line. To cover the bottom of the stems, Verbenas were 
planted, which took away the nakedness of the soil, and 
hid in a measure the stems of the Humeas. 
In the space I have described between the walks, I 
counted between sixty and seventy beds, furnished with 
the following plants. I took the names as I came at the 
beds from the mansion. 
1. Geranium, Hendersonii; a white free-flowering 
variety. 
2. Geranium, Sidonia; well-flowered. 
3. Bouvardia splendens; a fine scarlet, but does not 
bloom well. 
4 Calceolaria superba; a large flower, a hybrid be¬ 
tween Sultan and Kentish Hero. 
5. Phlox, Mayii variegata; a striped variety of the 
Drummondii. 
0. Calceolaria, Gem; a peculiarly rich, shaded, dark, 
shrubby variety. 
7. Geranium, Tom Thumb; finely bloomed. Mr. Alton 
recommends old plants, as flowering more freely than 
young ones. f 
8. Verbena, Mont Blanc ; white. 
9. Phlox Drummondii; rose-coloured variety. 
10. Calceolaria amplexicaulis. This is the hardiest 
and most free to flower of all the yellow Calceolarias. 
11. Heliotropium corymbosum ; the best for bedding. 
12. Phlox, Rhadetzkii. This is a spendid tliiug for 
a small bed, the flowers are in the way of P. Mayii, but 
of a purer white, and more brilliant scarlet stripes. 
Every body ought to have it, either for pot culture or for 
bedding. 
13. Geranium, Lucia Rosea; Tom Thumb’s Bride is 
better. 
14. Calceolaria, Gem. 
15. Geranium, Purple Nosegay. 
10 Calceolaria, Phoebus; suitable for small beds, 
because it is very dwarf, with small, shaded flowers. 
17. Verbena, Emma; a good old blue variety. 
18. Geranium, Mountain of Light. The most effective 
of all the striped or variegated Geraniums, at least, it 
was so here. It is impossible to describe the rich effect 
it had. The glowing scarlet flowers, on the most pure 
white and green foliage, gave it such a rich appearance, 
that all the other beds were quite put into the shade. I 
considered it the best bedding-out plant in the garden. 
Mr. Aiton plants this and all other strong-growing 
Geraniums out in their pots; this prevents their making 
gross growth, and causes them to flower more freely. 
19. Geranium, White Unique; well bloomed. 
20. Verbena, Etoile de Venus; a light variety, with 
dark eye, truss and flowers very large. 
21. Geranium, Boule de Niege; a good white variety. 
22. Geranium, Cerise Unique; deep rose, with trans¬ 
parent stems. 
23. Verbena, Hendersonii; dark. 
24 Verbena, Emma. 
25. Geranium, Tom Thumb. 
20. Geranium, Pink flowered Ivy-leaf. 
27. Petunia, Shrubland Rose; the best for bedding. 
28. Geranium, Lucia rosea 
29. GInothera macrocarpa; with large yellow flowers, 
very fine. 
30. Geranium, Virginianum; pure white, large flowers. 
When this is cheap it will be much sought after. 
31. Verbena, Etoile de Venus. 
32. Ageratum mexicanum. 
33. Geranium, Mangles’s Silver Bedding. 
34. Calceolaria amplexicaulis. 
35 Myosotis arvensis. This was covered with its 
tiny blue flowers, and was very effective when close to it. 
30. Geranium, Tom Thumb ; a scarlet. 
37. Calceolaria, Gem. 
38. Geranium, Mountain of Light. 
39. Verbena, Emma. 
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40. Geranium, Flower of the Day; very fine. 
41. Geranium, Lucia Rosea. 
42. Geranium, Conspicuuin. This may be called the 
Crimson Unique. 
43. Geranium, Unique—the Purple or Rollinson’s; a 
fine variety. 
44. Geranium, Mountain of Light. 
45. Geranium, Flower of the Day. 
40. Lobelia erinus graudiflora; a very dwarf variety. 
47. Geranium, the old Variegatum. 
48. Geranium, Shrubland Pet; flowering freely, and 
the cause was it being planted out in small pots. 
49. Calceolaria, Gem. 
50. Calceolaria, Frostii; a yellow variety; a line 
bloomer. 
51. Geranium, Tom Thumb. 
52. Nierembergia gracilis. 
53. Geranium, Harkaway ; a small red - flowering 
variety- 
54. Verbena, Perfume Madeliene ; dark and good. 
55. Geranium, Commander-in-Chief; a better scarlet 
and flher flower than Cerise Unique. 
50. Verbena, Etoile de Venus. 
57. ITeliotropium, Triomphe de Liege; a large grower. 
58. Verbena, Mount Blanc. 
59. Geranium, Trentham Rose; a beautiful new Rose- 
coloured variety, with large trusses. 
00. Verbena, Hendersonii. 
01 . Phlox, Drummondii. 
02. Calceolaria, Amplexicaulis. 
03. Heliotropium, Voltaireanum; too dark leaves 
and flowers to be effective in beds. 
04. Lobelia erinus grandiflorus. 
05. Geranium, Flower of the Day. 
00 . Calceolaria, Gem. 
07. Calceolaria, Phoebus. 
68 . Verbena, Orion; a light variety, spotted with 
maroon. 
09. Verbena, Emma. 
On the upper side of the upper walk there were some 
large beds, which appeared as if they had straggled away 
from the others. There were, 1. Geranium, Tom Thumb. 
2 . Lobelia, Prince Leopold. 3. Lobelia, Queen Victoria, 
in the centre, and St. Clare on the outside. These 
Lobelias belong to the tall variety, and were well-grown 
and finely bloomed. 
In the higher parts of the pleasure-ground there are 
large clumps of shrubs, such as Rhododendrons, in 
masses, Portugal Laurels, Laurestinus, Common Laurels, 
&c. These clumps are of irregular forms, and placed at 
wide intervals from each other, leaving large plots of 
lawn between them. On these breadths of turf there 
are several circular flower-beds planted with similar 
flowers, with this difference, that many of them are 
edged with variegated Geraniums and white-leaved 
Alyssum. I believe it is intended, another season, to 
carry out this edging system throughout the whole of 
the beds. At Trentham, and some other places, the 
Ribbon system of planting-out bedding-plants has been j 
practised for several seasons, but chiefly, if not entirely, j 
in straight lines, by the side of straight walks. At 
Enville, the same system is carried out very largely, i 
with this difference, that they follow the walks and 
borders, which are all curved. This is certainly more j 
beautiful than the formal straight lines, though that, in | 
one instance, may be seen here too. The following are I 
the plants made use of for this purpose :—1st. Ribbon, : 
front row; Golden Chain Gerauium; next Lobelia race- 
mosoides; next yellow Calceolaria; next Scarlet Gera¬ 
nium ; next white Phlox. 2nd. Ribbon, in a different 
part of the ground; Golden Chain Geranium; scarlet 
Verbena; yellow Calceolaria; Lilium Lancifolium; 
| backed with very tall Scarlet Geraniums. 3rd. Ribbon; 
j Variegated Alyssum ; Scarlet Gerauium; yellow Calceo- 
