. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. FLO 228 FLO of being perpetuated ; and 3dly, it must ^ suit any flowers. The most intractable possess sufficient interest and variety to be grown in collections. At present the chief florists' flowers are the Amaryllis, Anagallis, Anemone, Auricula, Calceolaria, Carnation, Chrys- anthemum, Cineraria, Crocus, Dahlia, Fritillary, Fuchsia, Gladiolus, Hyacinth, liydrangea, Ixia, Iris, Lily, Lobelia, Narcissus, Pansy, PoBony, Pelargonium, Petunia, Phlox, Pink, Polyanthus, Ra- nunculus, Tulip, Tuberose, Verbena. In the United States Florists' flowers .a
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. FLO 228 FLO of being perpetuated ; and 3dly, it must ^ suit any flowers. The most intractable possess sufficient interest and variety to be grown in collections. At present the chief florists' flowers are the Amaryllis, Anagallis, Anemone, Auricula, Calceolaria, Carnation, Chrys- anthemum, Cineraria, Crocus, Dahlia, Fritillary, Fuchsia, Gladiolus, Hyacinth, liydrangea, Ixia, Iris, Lily, Lobelia, Narcissus, Pansy, PoBony, Pelargonium, Petunia, Phlox, Pink, Polyanthus, Ra- nunculus, Tulip, Tuberose, Verbena. In the United States Florists' flowers .are, as such, unknown. We have many are clay and gravel. The first is forever sodden with wet, or baked hard; and the latter is hungry, and burnt up in summer. Arrangement.—Mr. Loudon says,— "Shelter is equally requisite for the flower as for the kitchen garden, and where naturally wanting, is to be pro- duced by the same means, viz., plant- ing. The plantations, except on the north, or very exposed points, should not be of the tallest kinds of trees. A few elegant shrubs, and one or two amateurs, but not in sufficient number i trees, may be scattered through the to create the emulation which exists in j scene, either in the dug compartments. Great Britain, where thousands riva oach other in the culture of flowers of their peculiar fancy—not for profit, but enjoyment and relaxation from the toil of the work-shop, or the mine. FLOWER. See Bloom. FLOWER FENCE. Poinciana. FLOWERING ASH. Ornus. FLOWER OF JOVE. Lychnis flos Jovis. FLOWER GARDEN, is that portion of the ground in the vicinity of the or in the turf glade, for the purpose of shelter and shade as well as ornament; but in general, much of either of the two former qualities are highly injuri- ous, both to the culture of flowers and the thick closeness of turf; sometimes an evergreen hedge will produce all the shelter requisite, as in small gardens composed of earth and gravel only ; but where the scene is large a
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