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circular form, but of parallel width, no space will be lost beyond 
what is absolutely necessary for the convenience of getting to 
the flowers; but that an approach may be had to the centre, 
it will be necessary to divide the concentric beds, increasing 
the number of divisions as we approach the outside, and that 
these separations may partake of the general character of the 
whole, small round beds should be placed one in each opening, 
curving the separated walk thus formed on either side of it. 
Pillar roses may fill the centre of each of these small beds, and 
standard trees the middle of all the others, at a distance of from 
five to six feet from each other, filling up between them with 
dwarf plants, neatly pegged and distributed over the entire sur¬ 
face. The climbing roses may be neatly trained to pyramidal 
trellisses formed of wire, or made to assume the form of arches, 
according to taste. The plan, being a serial one, may be carried 
to any extent, and it has the twofold advantage of allowing a 
scientific arrangement of the plants, as well as facilitating the 
access to each individual, either for conducting the necessary 
operations or the scrutiny of the visiting admirer. 
G. Fry. 
Blaclcheath. 
FLORICULTURAL HINTS. 
It may be well to remind your readers who are beginners in 
this enchanting pursuit of some of the principal operations that 
should engage their attention during the next month or six weeks. 
Among the open air stock, Midsummer is a busy period. 
Auriculas should be so situated that they may receive the morn¬ 
ing sun, but be shaded from it by ten o’clock, at the same time they 
must have plenty of air; frames with wooden shutters, that can 
be easily pulled up or down, are perhaps the best contrivance for 
obtaining the required shade, and if the bottom of the frame is 
elevated six inches from the ground, there will be a circulation 
of *air among the pots as well as the foliage of the plants ; the 
shutters may be lowered to within a foot of the frames, which 
will exclude the sun, and yet admit a current of air among them. 
Those which were repotted last month will perhaps require to be 
