. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . iy, or Lobeliacardinalis. But, again, were we to please ourselves more, we would do 6, 3,2,1, as proposed, and keep down the 1, Perilla, make thesecond 2 behind it not Mint but yellow Calceolarias, or yellowChryseis or Eschscholtzia; 3, behind it, Ageratum, dwarf, orDelphinium formosum, planted thickly, and half of the plants cutdown to a few inches in height; 4, white double Feverfew donethe same way, and allowed to grow to the full height; and 5, androw all along, Salvia fulgens. This would give you gradation inheight as
. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . iy, or Lobeliacardinalis. But, again, were we to please ourselves more, we would do 6, 3,2,1, as proposed, and keep down the 1, Perilla, make thesecond 2 behind it not Mint but yellow Calceolarias, or yellowChryseis or Eschscholtzia; 3, behind it, Ageratum, dwarf, orDelphinium formosum, planted thickly, and half of the plants cutdown to a few inches in height; 4, white double Feverfew donethe same way, and allowed to grow to the full height; and 5, androw all along, Salvia fulgens. This would give you gradation inheight as well as change of colour. If such things as Catchfiyare used, it would be well to sow in patcheB now, and again inJune, and thus the bloom might continue to the end of theseason. Lobelia cardinalis, well dunged, would also be brilliantfor 5, or even a row in addition all the way at the back. Allsuch borders should be changed every year.—R. F. April 28,1863. ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 313 GOMPHOLOBITJM BARBIGERUM. (Beaeded-keelbd Gompholobium.). Class, Diadelphia. Order, Decandria. ATat. Ord., Leguminosse. Generic Character.—Calyx, five-parted, nearly equal. Carina of twoconcrete petals. Veiilluro, broad, spreading. Stigma, simple. Legume,many-seeded, nearly spherical, and very blunt.— (JIag. Bot., vol. xii., L 19.) Specific Character.—Plant, an evergreen shrub. Stem, erect. Branches,angular. Leaves, alternate, nearly sessile, trifoliate ; leaflets linear, ratheracute. Pedicels, iurnished with minute bracteoles. Flowers, about ininch in length, handsome, golden yellow. Keel, bearded along the suture,Vexillum, large, longer than the calyx and keel. Pods glabrous. It is recorded in botanical catalogues that Gompholobiumbarbigerum -was introduced to this country in 1824; but it isquestionable whether, if this be correct, it was not again soonlost, as we hav« no account of it until about three years however it may have been with respect to its
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