1878.] 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



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RIBBON BEDDING. 



BY C. J. BJORKLUND, HAMPTON, VA. 



Fig. XVIII. — 1, Trifolium repens pentaphyl- 

 luni ; 3, Alternanthera spectabile ; 3, A. aiiKBiia ; 



4, Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatuni ; 



5, Alternanthera paronychioides ; and G, Eche- ' 

 veri secunda glauca. ■<^ This bed may be seven or 

 eight feet across. 



Olhar Fancy Beds. — Fig. xix, is, as it will be . 

 •seen, seventeen circles of various sizes, con- 

 structed on a parallelogram thirty feet long, by 

 six wide. The center of circle a; 1, Thujapsis 

 'dolabrata variegata; four specimens Araucaria 



the circles; 1, to be filled with Koniga folia 

 variegata, to grow free and bloom ; 2, Caprosma 

 Baueriana ; and 3, Nertera depressa. 



Fig. XX. — A Roccocco bed, thirty-four feet in 

 diameter, should, if convenient, be placed where 

 a view of it could be had from above, such as a 

 balcony or piazza, when'the designs will show to 

 greatest advantage. The surface should be a 

 gentle slope from the center to the surrounding 

 walk, (including the grass border), and may be 

 decorated as follows : 1, a specimen of Amar- 

 anthus salicifolius, and around it six or eight 

 plants of Abutilon maculatum niveum aureum, 



Fis. 18. 



Fis. v.). 



excelsa ; and four specimens Agave rotundifolia 

 glauca, bordered by Cineraria maritima, and 

 Pentstemon Colvillii : 6, Tradescantia discolor 

 vittata, bordored by Maranta zebrina, and Cen- 

 taurea candidlssima ; c, Tillandsia zebrina, 

 bordered by Geranium Bijou, and Lamium 

 aureum purpureum ; d, Fuchsia Tom Thumb, 

 bordered by Alternanthera versicolor ; e, Fuchsia 

 Sunray, bordered b}- Alternanthera versicolor, 

 /, Coleus Verse haffeltii, the whole space between 



bordered by Coleus Verschaffeltii ; Chamapeuce 

 Cassaboni ; Gei-anium Happy Thought ; and the 

 border inclosing the four spaces 2 and 3 ; Thymus 

 aureus; 2, Alternanthera versicolor; 3, A. 

 amabile magnifica; 4, Centaurea candidlssima; 

 5, Pyrethrum Parthenium aureum ; 6, Geranium 

 Prince of Wales (or any golden tricolor); between 

 them as undergrowth. Verbena celestial blue ; 

 and bordered by Althernanthera amoena; 7, 

 Geranium Mysterious Night (or any silver tri- 



