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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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aspect and situation of tlie plot of ground, we will 
now proceed to notice and describe the tilings neces¬ 
sary for a florist’s garden. They are, 
1. Pits, frames, and hand-lights, including a 
forcing-pit. 
2. Stages tor auriculas, polyanthuses, carnations, 
and picotees. 
3. A rose plantation. 
4. A tulip bed. 
5. A ranunculus bed. 
(i. Beds for verbenas, pansies, pinks, and dahlias. 
7. Awnings and other shelters. 
8. Potting-shed, bench, and tool-house. 
9. Arbour. 
10. Compost-yard. 
Plotting out the Ground. —The situation and size 
of each of these requisites having been duly con¬ 
sidered, put stakes down to denote the different 
places where they are to be. The pits and frames 
should be in the best-sheltered part of the garden, 
open to the south, and protected from the north-east 
and west winds by either the walls or evergreen 
hedges planted for that purpose ; the stages for auri¬ 
culas, &c., should be on the west side of the garden, 
facing the morning sun; the arbour may be on the 
east side, and the tool-house and potting-shed behind, 
or on the north side of it; the compost-yard should 
be on the same side, down to the north boundary; a 
compost-yard being rather unsightly, plant a hedge 
of some kind to hide it—beech or hornbeam are good 
for this purpose. Having staked out these main 
things, then form your walks, so as to be convenient 
for each place above mentioned; let the gravel be 
close to the walls of the pits. The rest of the ground 
should be laid out in beds, so proportioned in size as 
to hold the different kinds of flowers you intend to 
cultivate : dahlias and roses will occupy the largest 
portion; the beds of tulips and ranunculuses shoidd 
be in the most open and airy part, but sheltered from 
the cold and windy aspects. The awning mentioned 
as a necessary requisite is intended to shade these 
beds, and the stage when the plants are in flower 
on it, from the rays of the sun, and from wind, frost, 
and rain. 
Roses for Bedding. —We have often been sur¬ 
prised at the demand for flowers for bedding pur¬ 
poses, that is, for flowers of distinct colours, of one 
kind, for each bed. “ Anything new for bedding?” 
is the perpetually recurring inquiry. Every nursery¬ 
man that has customers for plants for this purpose 
is often puzzled how to supply novelties; many 
things have, in consequence, been recommended, 
and made use of for one season, that have utterly 
failed to please, either on account of the fewness of 
their flowers, or the want of decided colours, or a 
succession of bloom. The passion for such new 
things has in some degree prevented the use of 
others of decided merit, and of none more so than 
the flower with which we have headed this paragraph. 
We have had some inquiries as to what are the best 
roses for bedding-out purposes, and shall endeavour 
to give a few names, with, their colours and seasons 
of flowering; a list, we hope, that will be useful to 
others as well as to our correspondents. 
The rose, by reason of its beauty, clear colours, 
fragrance, fine bright foliage, and capability of taking 
any form, either upright or prostrate, renders it pe¬ 
culiarly well adapted to plant in masses of one colour 
and one kind in each bed. Roses are classed first 
into two grand divisions, summer blooming and 
autumn blooming ; these are again divided into 
several sections. We will just give the names of 
each. 
1st Grand Division .—Summer roses, flowering from 
May to July. Sections:—1, Provence; 2, Moss; 3, 
Damask; 4, Alba (white); 5, Gallica (French) ; 6, 
Hybrid Provence; 7, Hybrids of Chinese, Bourbon 
and Noisette; 8, Scotch Roses; 9, Austrian; 10, 
Sweet-brier. 
2nd Grand Division. —Autumnal roses, flowering 
from July to November. Sections:—1, Perpetual 
Moss; 2, Perpetual Scotch; 3, Damask Perpetual; 
4, Hybrid Perpetual; 5, Bourbon; 0, Noisettes; 7, 
China, or Monthly Roses; 8, Tea-scented China. 
Some readers will no doubt be surprised that there 
are so many classes of these beautiful flowers; yet 
there is good reason for thus dividing them, as it 
enables collectors to choose such as will suit their 
various wants and purposes, and to select them also to 
bloom at any particular time of the year those flowers 
may be wanted. 
Roses suitable for beds are kept in pots by most 
nurserymen, and, therefore, can be had at the time 
the beds are ready for them. The seventh and 
eighth sections of the autumnal roses are the China 
(Rosa indica); this group contains the greatest num¬ 
ber of kinds for the purpose. Below is a select list 
from this section, and we shall, from time to time, 
continue to give such selections from each group as 
are, in our judgment, the best to plant in the flower- 
garden in masses. 
CHINA ROSES SUITABLE FOR BEDDING IN GROUPS. 
White. —Madame Plantier (Hybrid China); Mrs. Bosanquet; Ca¬ 
mellia blanc ; Duchess of Kent. 
Yellow. —Jaune (Tea-scented China); Eliza Sauvagc (ditto). 
Hose-coloured. —Adam ; Madame Goubalt. 
Red and Scarlet. —Fabvier; Baronne Delaage. 
Crimson. —Fulgens ; William Jesse. 
Dark Crimson .—Cramoisie superieure. 
Routine Management. —After heavy rains the soil 
in the beds and borders of the flower-garden will be 
hard and chapped; when it is so, stir the surface with 
a rake, breaking the lumps; be careful, however, not 
to disturb newly sown annuals. Roll and mow lawns. 
Keep a good look out for the aphides, and destroy 
them with tobacco-water, or sprinkle them with Scotch 
snuff. Smoke your pits and frames frequently with 
tobacco. Attend to creepers, and train in young 
shoots before they become entangled. Roll gravel 
walks frequently, especially those lately made. Ever¬ 
greens may yet be planted, but use puddle, and water 
freely in dry weather. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Carnations and PrcoTEEs. — These should be 
finished potting, and may now be placed on the stage 
to bloom. Stir the surface of the soil in the pots 
frequently. Let them have the benefit of gentle 
showers, but protect them from heavy beating rains 
and sleet, which may yet occur. 
Pinks. — These lovely, fragrant flowers should 
now be strong, healthy, and beginning to throw up 
their flower stems. They require some attention to 
keep the soil in the bed open and friable. Have a 
small. Dutch hoe, and stir the surface with it fre¬ 
quently : this will destroy all weeds, and refresh the 
plants much. 
Pansies. — The same treatment is requisite for 
this favourite: some of them will be in flower, and 
should be protected from heavy rains. This plant 
sometimes takes a fit of disease, and dies off suddenly 
at the root, whilst, for a time, the top appears fresh 
and growing. When you observe this, pull up the 
plant directly, remove the soil, and put in a healthy 
plant. If the kind is scarce with you, put in tops of 
