Carpet Gardening is a term now somewhat in vogue with English horticulturists, as applied to lawn planting and decorations. Our frontispiece, this month, is a scene of this character, taken from the ornamental grounds, at Heckfield Place, Wirch-field, England, the residence of Lord Evenley. Most of the plants used in the low borders, are those known-as succulents - Echcverias, Sedumes, also Mesembryanthe -miums, Sempervivium, etc.; while in the vase, are large specimens of the Echeveria Metallica. Such a bed will please many, for the sake of its novelty and curious selection of plants, yet among most American flower lovers, such borders and spaces would be much more satisfactorily filled with plants of deeply colored ornamental foliage; Alternantheras, Dracaenas, Centaureas, etc., would all be first chosen. We have but small space here now to refer to this, subject, and only commend the plan to American amateurs; a second view, in another succeeding number, will be accompanied with advice as to the selection of plants for such purposes.

SKETCH OF AN ENGLISH CARPET GARDEN.