350 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
PLANS FOR FLOWER BEDS. 
Prepared to accompany. an article on “Designing Flower Beds,” published in the Re- 
port of this Society for 1891, page 254. 
E. NAGEL, MINNEAPOLIS. 
Very handsome flower beds can be made from the following plans: 
The sizes of beds and number of plants required are given, that they 
may be exact guides to the planter. 
The size of the bed may be changed, of course, to suit the grounds, the 
taste or the purse of the planter. 
GERANIUM BED. 
This bed, if six feet long by four and three-fourths feet wide, requires 
the following plants: 
Space I. 32 Sweet alyssum (or any other of the border plants named) 
set in one row, six inches apart. 
Space II. 35 S. A. Nutt geranium (or any other single variety) set 
eight inches apart_each way. 
GERANIUM BED. 
This bed, if six feet in diameter, requires the following plants: 
Space I. 36 Centaurea (or any other border plant) set in one row six 
inches apart. 
Space II. 40 Queen of the West geranium (or any other one variety) 
set eight inches apart each way. 
This bed, if eight feet in diameter, requires: § ? 
Space I. 48 Border plants, at six inches apart. 
Space II. 80 Geraniums, at eight inches apart each way. 
