Gardens -- England -- London; London (England) -- Description and travel; Parks -- England -- London
Veronica cupressoides.
„ Traversii.
Viburnum dentatum.
„ Lantana.
„ Lentago.
„ Opulus.
„ „ sterile.
„ Tinus.
„ „ hirtum.
„ plicatum.
Weigela (Diervilla) florida.
„ hybrida.
„ Looymansi aurea.
Wistaria chinensis.
„ multijuga.
Xanthorrhiza apiifolia.*
Yucca angustifolia.
„ filamentosa.
„ „ flaccida.
„ gloriosa.
„ recurvifolia.
EXAMPLES OF PLANTING FLOWER-BEDS IN HYDE PARK IN 1905–6
BED 1.
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:--Hyacinths, margin of Saxifrage.
Day Lily, thinly planted, for bright green foliage growing up with and
above the Hyacinths.
2. Spring planting for early summer flowers:--Pansies for margin 18
inches wide, the centre of bed planted with Ragged Robin.
3. Summer planting for later summer and autumn display:--Large plants
of Calceolaria Burbidgeii 8 feet high, Cassia corymbosa 6 feet high,
Heliotrope 6 feet to 7 feet high, finishing off with Nicotiana affinis
and sylvestris, Lantana Drap d’Or with Lilium longifiorum interspersed.
BED 2.
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:---Tulips, margin of Saxifrage.
Iris germanica for foliage planted thinly with bulbs.
2. Delphiniums, deep blue, 18 inch margin of yellow Pansies.
3. Broad margin of Dell’s dark Beet, remainder of bed well planted with
Cannas, Alphonse Bouvier, and Flambeau, brilliant crimson flowers.
BED 3.
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:---Narcissus Emperor with a 6 to
1 mixture of Hyacinth King of the Blues, margin of Saxifrage.
2. Broad margin of Pansies, remainder of bed filled with Erigeron
speciosum.
3. Large plants in pots of Ivy-leaved Pelargonium Madame Crousse, 6
feet high, placed 5 feet apart. Margin and intermediate spaces planted
with dwarf plants of a deeper coloured Ivy-leaved Pelargonium.
BED 4.
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:---Hyacinths Czar Peter,
light-blue, Gigantea blush, margin of Saxifrage.
2. Dictamnus in two colours, about 2 feet apart, ground of bed Anemone
coronaria margined with Saxifraga Camposii.
3. Gymnothrix latifolia, Kochia scoparia tricophylla interspersed with
Acalypha musaica.
BED 5.
1. Dark Wallflowers with margin of Gardiner’s Garter (Phalaris).
2. Pelargonium Achievement 4 feet high and 4 feet apart, centre of bed
and margin planted with dwarf plants of same variety.
3. Celosia pyramidalis crimson and gold, with some crimson Cockscombs
intermixed, the remaining portion of bed thickly planted to the margin
with Leucophytum Brownii.
BED 6.
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:--Hyacinth Grande Maitre, blue.
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