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MARSH P LANT S W ITH SHOWY FLOWER S . — MAY AND — continued.
Height fromO to)¡ qf afì. From ^of a foot toX foot. Fromlfoottoi^fool. Froml^ foot to2fcet. From^feetuproards.
YRLLOW.
Ihrysosplèniiim alterni
fòliuiii, oppositifòlium
. ’inguicula etléni., lùtea
Kanùnculus rèpens fl.pl
PUBI’LLì.
Pediculàris recutita
GHF.EN.
Càrex dioica, pauc.,pulic.
Tulièldio palustris
BilOWN.
.'¿\rex dioica
Scheucluèria palùstris Schce')
YELLOW.
Pediculàris myviopllJIIa
/ianùnculus Flünimula
PURPLE.
Cardàminu pratén., fl. pi.
Pediculàris rosupinàta
BLUE.
GREEN.
Càrex aren., dista., prtec.
Tofièldia alpina
BROWN
CQoàtIr.e x digit..àÍta
YELLOW.
itanùnculus Lingua,fl.pl
LysimachiaNummulàrit
Mimulus lùteus and
others
PURPLE.
Cdmarum paìùstre
BLUE.
GREEN.
Càrex elongàta, muric.,
panie., Pseudo-Cypèru»
BROWN.
Càrex acùta, paludósa,
-ipària
GREEN.
Càrex iiéiduia, vulpina,
Cjpòrus lóngus, vegètus
YELLOW.
Lysimàchia vulgàris
Senècio paludòsus, aquft-
ticus
GRF.KN.
Càrex pàidula
Càrex intermèdia.ovàlis, /ùncus conglomeritus,
vesicària elFùsus, glaùcus
JU LY AND AUGUST .
RE».
Anagàllis tenélla
BlàUne hexándra
Teùcrium Scórdium
WHITE.
llorrigtola littoràlis
Dròsera àng., long., roiu.
Biàtine Hydrópifer
Littorélla iacùstris
Pamas.usar., palù.,parv.
YELLOW.
iTvpériciim Elòdes
Nàrthècium ossifragum
Pediculàris canadénsis
BLUE.
BROWN.
Eleoch. aciculàris, Ac.
Ächce'iius compróssus
RED.
Pediculàris gyrofléxa,
rostràta
PoIJgonum Persicària
WiTITE.
Gàlium paìùstre, uliginòsum
Pediculàris palùstris
fl. ài. ‘
Sàmolus Valoràndi
YELLOW.
Pediculàris tulier.jvertic.
Ròhdea japónica
lex maritiinus
VARIEGATED.
Pediculàris flammea
Mìmulus Sinithii,
Voùngii
GREEN.
Saurùrus cérnuus,
chinénsis, lùcidus
BROWN.
úncus squarròsus
Sclice'nus nigricans
) RED.
Oxycóccus palùstris,
macrocàrpus, b. fòl.
varieg.
YELLOW.
Clàdìiim Mariscus
fepéricum quadràngu-
Hùinex palùstris
BLUE.
Scutellària galericulàta
Triglòcliin Dicksòni, pai.
RED.
Mimulus alàtus, ringens
Justicia pedunculòsa
WHITE.
Cinerària gigantèa
Selìnum palustre
YELLOW.
A'corus Càlamus
Jinerària palùstris
sibirica, speciósa
Jùncus elFìisus
BROWN.
.Jùneus mariti., sylvàtic. Inùmexacutifòl., erispus
òcirpus maritimus, sylvà. Sciiqius «olosch., romà.
UED.
Lobèlia cardinàiis,
spléndens, lùlgens
YELLOW.
Pediculàris Scép. Carol.
6’enècio aquàticus
Sónchus palùstris
Thalictium flàvum
BLUE.
VARIEGATED.
BROWN.
Cvpòriij lóngiis
'ha latifòlia, angusfì-
5.502. PropagaCionnndcxiltvrc. The same as for herbaceous I
plants, taking into consideration the difference in the soil and I
site. The following ingenious mode of cultivating most species, I
on a small scale, is extracted from an article on tlie subject by |
Mr. Jewitt in the Flox'icuUurul Cahinet, vol. i. p. 98. A stone i
trotigh from six inches to a foot deeij, and of any convenient I
length and breadtli, and witli a hole tor a tap at one comer, is !
treated as if it were a flower-pot; tiie bottom being covered
with small stones, and the trough filled up with a compost of
peat and light loam. The top is then mulched with any de- |
scriplion of living .........
tiiat can be got. The top Iieing closed,
tlie mould is watered, till it
saturated to the brim. Planting
may be performed in March or April, or wlienever tliV plants
can he obtained from tbeir native sites. Those tried by
Mr. Jewitt were the followmg: • - Pinguicula, Narthecium
ossitragum, Oxycóccus vulgàns and macrocàrpus, Eridpho-
nim anguslifulium, Hydrocótyle vulgàris B'mpetrum nignim.
Dròsera rotundifùha, Pamdssia palùstris, and (Vrcliis several
Su b se ct. 5. Flowers fo r ornamenting Rocks, or Aggregations o f Stones, Flints, Scoriæ,
formed in imitation o f Rocky Surfaces, ^c.
5503. In strict propriety, mountain, or rock plants only should be introduced on artificial rockwork •
bnt natural mountains and rocks are always moist and cool, and the plants which have their habitations
there would not always thrive on dry ridges of earth and stones. On a small scale, therefore, choice is
generally made of such plants as are not tall and rampant, and as grow naturally in a dry soil. In the
following list, as in the others, the most ornamental of them are distinguished by a letter (5), and those
which fiower the greater part of th e summer by a figure (3), &c.
PercnmaU. Achillèa Ciavèn«3, tomen- tomentósa; Epilòbium alpinum, Bpitosa;
A juga alpina, pyramidàlis 3; A/- mèdium alpinum 3, Brjsimum helchemiUa
alpina, nentapiiJUa ; Aljssum véticum 3, Gerànium lancastriénse ;
montànum,muràle,saxdti e; Anemòne Gèum cocctneum, radiàtum; «edysarum
oliscùrum, «elichrjsum are-
nàrium 3, «ypéricum pùlclirum 3,
Jllécebrum Paronjchia 3, Linària alpina
.3, Petrocàilis pyrenàica ; Potentina
nepalénsi.s, Russclliòna, mpéstris,
vérna 3 ; Pùbu.s árcticus 3, Chamoe-
mòrus 3, saxátilis 3; Saxífraga alzòides,
nivàlis, oppositifòlia, petræ'a, ¿ugoe-
fülia, densa, retùsa, elongélla ; Schi-
veréckfa podóiica ; Sèdum ànglicum,
Forsteriàntim, gl.iùcum, hVbridum,
rupèstre, sexangulàre, villòsum ; Si-
lè.ne aipéstris, làcera, rupèstris, saxdtilis,
Saxífraga ; Stàchys càrsica,
Telèphiim Imperàti, Teòcrium montànum,
Thlàspi alpèstre, Thimus vulgàris
; Trifòlium alpèstre, montànum,
uniflònim, alplnum ; Valeriàna dioic.i,
montàna; Verònica saxátilis, taùrica;
ji-iUénsis, apennina, baldénsis. Pulsa-
Ulta 3 ; A'nthemis saxátilis, AnthJUis
montàna and fl.álbo, Aquilègia alpina;
A'rabis alpina 3, ftellidifòlia 3, àlbida,
petriG'a 3 ; Arenària montàna 3, saxátilis
3 ; Afrnica montàna 3, Artemisia
mpéstris; Astrágalus campéstris, hypo-
glóttis, Tragacàntha, uraiénsis 3 ; Au-
brièlta delttìidoa, purpùrea, Bàrtsfa,
alpina .3 ; Betònica Alopecùnis, Bràyo
alpina ; Campánula carpática3,cenísia,
collina 3, pùlla, pùmila, and ft. àlba 3,
rotundifòlia, saxátilis 3 «; Cardàmine
csarifolia 3 ; Cerástium latifòlium, al-
plnum; Cherlèrio «ediildes, Chrysàn-
themum atràtum, Coclileària saxátilis
Diánthus colllnus, /lyssopifòlius,
p. lu..m àriuuss.,virgineus; Dràha «iziiides,
Aïzôon, ciliàris, cuspidàta, stellhta,
5.504. The grnund-plan and figure qf the elevation of the reek-
work must, as in the case of the aquarium, be made to harmonise
with surrounding objects. Simple outlines and surfaces,
not too mucli broleen, show the plants lo most advantage, and
Tiola grandiflòra, lùtea, pubéscens,
speciosa.
Bulbs. A'iiium flóxum. Fritillària py-
renàiea, Ornitliógaium pyrenàictim ;
.O'xalis Acetosèlla, violàcea .3 s.
Biennials. Anodóntea edéntula .3,Ætblo-
nèina saxátile; Campánula Cervicària
3, thyrsiiidea 3, peregrina ; Carlina
vulgàris, Cheirànthus Cheìri, Matthl-
olaincàna; Cochleària ànglica, dánica;
B'chium macrànthum, violàceum,
vulgàre; «edjsarum coronàrium, pàl-
lidum ; Marrùbium Aiyssnm, Teùcrium
montànum 3; Ferbèna Lam-
bérti.
Hardy annuals. AIÿs.suin calycinum 3,
hirsùtum ; Campànula <iral)tefòlia,Cly-
pèola L'on Thiáspi, Eròdium mos-
chàtum. Lillària prostràta, l’icridium
tingitànum. Resèda odoràta; bilèiie
Atòdon, rubélla ; Trifòlium polóni-
cum ; Kiola bandtica, littoràlis, tricolor
; Jbèris Tenoredna.
are not so liable to ridicule as imitations of liills or mountains,
or high narrow cones, or peaks of scoriae in the Chinese man-
ner, whicii are to lie seen in some places. A p-ound-plan, in
the torm ot a crescent, or of any wavy figure widest towards the
10S5
. 11 befound well suited to tiieiess durable materials, such
as bricks, puddingstune, scoriie, Ac., which are found in flat
countries. Kometimes one side of such rockworks may be
nearly perpendicular, in which case, if facing the nortli, it
affords an excellent situation for ferns and mosses.
5506. In coutiiWc* abounding niith stone, massy and extensive
piece., of rockwork may be formed, and shrubs introduced as
well as plants, so a.s to produce a scene of considerable beauty
and interest. Its liase, aud such parts as are near the eye, may
be formed of masse» of granite ot basalt; selecting such for the
shatly side as are already covered with mosses and lichens, especially
the Lichen afroflilvus, geogrdpliicus, ventdsus, stellt'iri.s,
Ac. J hese vegetables «ill not grow on sandstone, aiulbutsel-
dom 0
limestone; therefore, stones of these earths sbould be
much as possible in the mure distant parts, where thoy
will be partially covered witli shrubs and plants, rooted i
proper soil introduced in the crevices. When works of this
kind are extensive, a winding walk or stair may be led over
them, and wells, or small reservoirs of water, introduced in
some places for mountain plants, bog plants and aquatics, and
for keepmg tlie wliole mass moist and cool.
S u b s e c t . 6 . Evergreen-leaved Plants, or such as are adapted fo r preserving an Appear,
ance o f Vegetation on Beds and Borders during the Winter Months.
5506. A due proportion of evergreen-leafed plants is very necessary for enlivening borders in the winter
time, and more especially m dug compartments on a surface of turf, which, without some evergreen
plants, look dreary by contrast with the verdant surface.
Perennials. Achillèa Millefòlium, flò.
. 1. X.OT. . AÌClll» .Jlllll, IIKI. Wril»!»,
v.ir. variegàta, àllia, fistulòsa, and prolifera;
Campánula pùrnilaS«; Diánthus
atróruliens, barbàtus, horténsis,
fràgrans, cm'sius, petrte’us ; Genliàtio
acaúlis 3, vérna 3 ; Antennària dioica
3; Lychnis Flós-cùculi, var. flò.
pi. and fi. àlbo; Melissa ofHcinàlLs, Fri-
mula acaúlis. Aurícula, vèris, elàtior,
var. polyàntlia, and flòre pièno; Saxifraga
coespitôsa, cordifòlia, crassifòlia,
cuneifòlia, geranUiìdes, Gèum, /ivp-
niikles, mutata, nivàlLs, oppo»itifòlia,
petrte'a, umbròsa ; Stàtice icopària.
Armèna vulgàris flò. àlbo, Stipa pennata
; 2’eùcriunt Chamoe'drys, muntà-
num ; Thjmus montànus 3 s, Serpjl-
lum 3 s, citiiodòius, vulgàris, Zjgis s ;
Verònica Ixjhrkla; Fiola grandiflòra 3,
g. flò. lùteo 5, g. flò. maculato 3, odoràta
coer. 3, var. fiò. coer. pièno 3, flò.
àlbo 3, flò. àlbo pièno 3, and ilo. pi.
purp. 3. ; Anchùsa sempervjrens, Sanscviòra
càrnei; LychnisVisc;\ria, var.
fl.pl. and fl.álbo; Finca màjor,min.ir.
Bulbs. A'llium nùtans, scnéscens ; JA-
lium càndidum, Erànthis liyemàiis,
iiternliérgja lùtea.
Bteiijitafs.Agrostéramacoronàrium.c.flò.
àlbo, c.flò.pièno rùb. ; Anchùsa itàlica,
panieulàta 3 ; Diànthus .Armfeia 3, ferrugineus
3, pubéscens 3 s ; «ésperis
matronàlis, Jbèris finifòlia 3, Lavateru
arbòrea, Silène viscósa, and many species
of various genera.
Subsect. 7. Flowers fo r Edgings to Beds or Borders.
5.507. The principal plants fo r edgings, next to the dwarf-box, are the Armèria vulgàris, .ffellis perénnis,
Gentiàna acaúlis, Saxífraga umbrosa, opjiositifblia, Aypnòìdes, Festìica ovina, and other low-growing
evergreens ; but all tho following sorts may be used in extensive gardens requiring various edgings of
flowers. T h e common and other heaths make very beautiful edgings in parterres of peat soil.
vérna,Primul¿¿iUis,Aur/cula, vèris, állio 3, flò. álbo pièno 3, and flò. pi.
' ' ■' ............. purp. 3. ; Finca minor.
Annuals. Briza maxima, Caléndula officinàlis
flò. pièno, Matthìola ánnua
rùb., MalcòintVt marítima,and fl. àlb.;
Perennials. Achillèa Millefòlium, ....
flò. rùbro; Akhetnilla alpina, hjbrida,
vulgàris, and pubéscens; A'nthemis
nObilis, var. flò. pièno; JJéllis perénnis
horténsis,var. v.ariegàta, àlba, fistulòsa,
and prolifera; Campànula pùmila 3 « ;
Diànthus barbàt., b. atrórubens, hor-
ténsis ; Festuca glaùca.Cuntiàna acaùlis
3 ; «elichrysuin arenàrìutn 3, LJchnis
Flós-cùculi, var. fl. piè., and flò. àlbo,
Viscària,var.fl.p!èno,and flò.àlbo ; Me-
conópsis càmbrica. Melissa offlcinàlis,
Melittis melissovhVUum : Omphalòdes
Sansevièra càrnea,______
cuneifòlia, geraniòldes, Gèum, Ayp
niiides, mutàta, nivàlis, oppositifòlia,
cordifòlia, umbròsa; Silène acaillis3;
Stàtice Armèria, var. flò. àlbo; ¿tipa
pennata ; Teùcrium Chaiiiie’ilrys, montànum;
Tliymus montànus 3 s. Ser-
Pjllum 3 s, citrioóòrus, vulgàris,
Zjgis 4 ; Verònica hjbrida ; Fiola
calcarata, grandiflòra 3, var. flò. lùteo
3, odoràta cffir. 3. flò. cajr. pièno 3 ,flò.
var. purpùrea, and rùbra ; Resèda odoràta;
Silène Armèria and var. fl. àlb.,
ruliélla ; Fiola tricolor, and varieties.
Shrubs. Andrómeda poliifòlia, axillàris;
«édera «èlix, Poljgala Chainas-
bùxus.
S u b se c t. 8. Highly odoriferous Fiowers.
5.508. Flowers with sweet smells arc no less desirable than those with fine forms or colours. So little has
hitherto been done in the nomenclature and classification of vegetable odours, whether fixed or volatile,
that we can hardly submit any thing satisfactory ou the subject. No small part, however, of the pleasure
derived from flowers depends on their odours ; and tbat these are very different, everyone must have remarked
who has walked in a wood or a garden after a warm shower, or in a dewy summer’s evening.
Perhaps the best mode to arrange the odours of plants, in our present imperfect state of knowledge on the
subject, would be to fix on some generally known smells, as those of the rose, lily, thyme, &c., and to
group the others under these in the way of natural orders ; and thus wc should have iìosodòrece, iilio d b re a’,
Tliymodòrese, &c. ; but in default of some such, or any, system, we shallhere bring together a few names
under commonly received distinctions.
Siveel aromatic smells. Caléndula offici-
nàlis, Cheirànthus Chciri, Melissa offi-
cinàlis, Monàrda dídyma, O'cymum
basilicumjTliJmuscitriodòrus; Méntha
citràta, piperita.
The flower smelling like hay. Anthox-
ánihum odoràtum, Aspérula odoràta,
taurina; Gàliura boreàle, «eliotròplum
intUcum, Stellària gramínea, Tus.sl-
làgo fràgrans, Meliiòtus officinàlis
Anise smelts. Anèlhum gravèolens, Angélica
archangèlica, MJrrliis odoràta,
Primula vèris, elàtior, acaúlis ; Dorò-
nicum caucàsicum, thè rootstock.
The entire piani aromatic. A'conis Cdla-
mus. Agrimònia BupatòWa, Alojsia
citriodòra, Còleus aromàticus, JJyssò-
pus officinàlis, Sàlvia numerous species,
Tagèies lùcida, Thjmus vulgàris.
HoUònia palùstris, JVis pèrsica,
Lilium càndidum; SJmpbytum oifici-
nàle, Ac., Plilóx suavèoiens.
The flower aromatic and honey •smelling.
ArtemisiaAlirótanum, Balsamita vulgàris,
Asterocéphalus atropurjiùreus
Liliaceous smells. Convallària majàlis,
Hvacinthu» orientàlis, Narcissus various
species. Resèda odoràta, Fiola
odoràta. alpin
cianélla molluginoldes. «ésperis n...
tronàlis, Jiesèda odoràta, Clématis
FL'imnuila.
Volatile smells whieh perfume the surrounding
atmosphere. Cheirànthus
CAeirt; «ésperis matronàlis, tristi»;
Lilium cùndidutn. Resèda odorìtta.
Fetid smells. A'llium various species,
A'ntliemis Cólula, Astràntia major,
Cimicifuga foe'tida, í'érula Assafoe'-
tida, «eüèborus fo/ütlus, Scropliulà-
ria aquàtica.
Su b sect. 9. Other Selections o f Flowers.
5509. Other selections will readily occur to the florist who is conversant with the ample store of plants at
his command ; such as double flowers, flowers that continue in bloom the greater p art of the year, flowers
for peat soils, &c., all which he may select from the indications in the tables already given. He may also
select, according to the Lin n ^ an or natural orders, by referring to our Hortus B ritannicus, in which the
genera are so arranged ; or according to the native habitation, native country, year of introduction, or
rarity, which circumstances he will also find noted in the above catalogue.
Su b se c t. 10. Botanical and other Assemblages o f Plants. — Dial-Plants, Parasites, Ferns
and Mosses, Alpines, and a Selection fo r a small Garden.
551 h. Botanical collections, as well as cabinets of shells and minerals, have been in vogue by the curious
since Solomon’s time. In many private families th ere is a taste for scientific botany ; in which case all
ihe hardy plants of the vegetable kingdom, as far as they are introduced into this country, are arranged
in thcir order according to some system ; and either in narrow beds, in 5vhich one species follows another ;
or in groups, on lawn or gravel, in which the species most nearly allied according to the system adopted
are placed together, each group containing an order {Jig. 869.), and all the orders of a class forming a
constellation of groups, connected a t one point with the preceding order, and at another with that which
follows. Sometimes a different arrangement is adopted, and all the plants that can be considered as ornamental
are assembled in beds or borders, and all those th a t arc merely curious, as the ferns, mosses,fungi,
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