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THE GARDENER. 



[Sept. 



of Sedum fabarium, broken at equal distances -with plants of Amar- 

 anthus salicifolius ; from each of these a festoon of Festiica glauca is 

 dropped half-way across the border ; inside, the festoons are planted 

 alternately with Lady Plymouth Geranium, and bronze and gold 

 Geraniums, three large plants of Echeveria metallica being in the 

 centre of each festoon. The angles of the festoons filled in with 

 Alternanthera magnifica, finishing with a straight line of variegated 

 Mesembryanthemum, edged Avith Echeveria. 



A series of large rectangular beds filled with masses of Waltham 

 Seedling, Cybister, Trentham Eose, Flower of Spring, Lord Palmer- 



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Fig. 15. 



ston, all banded with Crystal Palace Gem, and edged with Lobelia, 

 alternated with Dactylis glomerata var., looks very brilliant. The 



