Colour in the flower garden . stand quite right. Istrongly counsel the placing of them singly at first,and that until they have grown the space should befilled with temporary plants. Of these, in the Goldgarden, the most useful will be (Enothera lamarckiana,Verbascum olympicum, and V, phlomoides, with moreSpanish Broom than the plan shows till the goldHollies are grown ; and yellow-flowered annuals, suchas the several kinds of Chrysanthemum coronarium,both single and double, and Coreopsis Drummondi;also a larger quantity of African Marigolds, the paleprimrose and the lemon-coloured. The fine t
Colour in the flower garden . stand quite right. Istrongly counsel the placing of them singly at first,and that until they have grown the space should befilled with temporary plants. Of these, in the Goldgarden, the most useful will be (Enothera lamarckiana,Verbascum olympicum, and V, phlomoides, with moreSpanish Broom than the plan shows till the goldHollies are grown ; and yellow-flowered annuals, suchas the several kinds of Chrysanthemum coronarium,both single and double, and Coreopsis Drummondi;also a larger quantity of African Marigolds, the paleprimrose and the lemon-coloured. The fine tall yellowSnapdragons will also be invaluable. Flowers of adeep orange colour, such as the orange African Marigold,so excellent for their own use, are here out of place,only those of pale and middle yellow being suitable. In such a garden it will be best to have, next thepath, either a whole edging of dwarf, gold-variegatedBox-bushes about eighteen inches to two feet high,or a mixed planting of these and small bushes of gold-. THE GREY BORDERS: GYPSOPHILA, ECHINOPS, PINKHOLLYHOCK, HELIOTROPE AND SILVER THISTLE.
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