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AN ENCYCLOPÆDIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 167 
Bedding-out—continued. 
the colours in alternate Beds. The Beds, a, a, a, Flower 
of Spring, or another silver-leaved Pelargonium; b, b, b, 
Purple King Verbena, or Imperial Dwarf ‘Ageratum ; 0; 6; 
White Perfection Verbena, and silver-leayed or white- 
flowered Ivy-leaved Pelargonium; d, d, Alternanthera 
magnifica; e, e, Blue Lobelia. The ‘long border, Alter- 
nanthera paronychioides, edged with Antennaria tomen- 
tosa; or Iresine Lindenii, edged with Pyrethrum, Golden 
Fleece or Crystal Palace Gem Pelargonium. The two 
sides may also be planted alike. The colours are re- 
versed above to produce a greater variety and a more 
striking effect. This design is also well adapted for 
Carpet Bedding 
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Fig. 221. BEDDING-OUT DESIGNS, 
Nursery Bed. This is merely a reserve 
nursery for a a S E 
_ flowering dwarf-growing 
Bedding-out— continued. 
Roses, &c. One of the first requirements is an easy access 
to the individual plants, and with the least possible waste 
of space. This may be obtained by arranging the Beds in 
regular geometric figures, as shown in Figs. 219 and 220, 
and, by exercising a little care and taste, the whole can be 
so contrived as to present an ornamental appearance, 
We are indebted to Messrs. Cannell and Sons for the 
diagrams of Bedding-out designs shown at Fig. 221, which 
may be made very effective : 
Bed A. This Bed may be planted with the following: 
Summer-flowering: 1, Gain’s Yellow Calceolaria or Agera- 
tum Lady Jane; 2, Geranium Vesuvius or another scarlet; 
3 and 4, Viola Bluebell or Purple King Verbena; 5, edged 
with Gnaphalium lanatum, or Antennaria tomentosa, white 
foliaged plants. Summer Foliage: 1, Coleus Verschaffeltii; 
2, Centaurea ragusina compacta; 3 and 4, Mrs. Pollock 
Geranium; 5, band of any of the Echeverias, or Kleinia 
repens. 
Bed B. Plants mentioned for A will do for this. 
Bed C. This is really intended for a Carpet Bed. 1, 
_ Alternanthera amabilis, with a narrow line of amena for 
the edge; 2, Mentha, or Herniaria glabra; 3, band of 
Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum. Flowering: 
1, Any kind of Scarlet Geranium; 2, Golden-leaved ditto; 
3, Blue Lobelia (edge). Spring: 1, White Arabis; 2, 
Myosotis dissitiflora ; 3, Golden Feather. 
Bed D. Summer: 1, Pink Geranium; 2, Iresine Lindenii ; 
3, Golden Feather. Carpet: 1, Alternanthera versicolor 
grandis; 2, Mesembryanthemum cordifoliwm variegatum; 
3, Alternanthera magnifica, edged with Sempervivum mon- 
tanum. $ 
Bed E. 1, Scarlet Geranium; 2, Pink ditto; 3, Lobelia 
speciosa; or, 1, Alternanthera amæna; 2, Mesembryan- 
themum cordifoium variegatum; 3, Echeveria secunda 
glauca. 
Bed F. 1, Dracæna, Chamepeuce, or any other graceful 
foliage plant for the centre; 2 and 4, Alternanthera 
amabilis, the divided lines, 6, being filled with Mentha or 
Echeverias; 3 and 5, Alternanthera amæna; and the 
outer edge, 7, with Sempervivum californicum. This bed 
would look well if planted with any of the above-men- 
tioned spring flowers. Spring: Bed might be raised to 
a mound, and lined out with hardy Sedums, or Semper- 
vivums, placing a larger growing one in the centre; and 
2, 3, 4, and 5 divisions may be filled with any spring- 
BEDDING PLANTS. This term applies to many 
half-hardy subjects which are planted out in beds for 
summer display, such as Ageratums, Calceolarias, Gera- 
niums, Heliotropes, Lobelias, Verbenas, &c., all of which 
will be treated under their respective headings. They are 
mostly soft-wooded plants and are easily cultivated with 
proper means, in spring and autumn. 
BEDFORDIA (named in honour of a former Duke of 
Bedford). Orn. Composite. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 
allied to Cacalia. They thrive in a mixture of a peat, 
loam, and brick rubbish, in equal proportions. — 
by cuttings, which should be dried a little before i 
them in rough, sandy soil. 
B. salicina (willow-like apa. 2 apt ee eee and solitary, 
et few together. 
above, covered ‘witht hile y Pree 
toria and Tasmania, 1820. 
pcre Bier tr ~ TA 
SYN. Cacalia salicina. ers) 
