FLORICULTURE. 353 
COLEUS FOLIAGE BED. 
This bed, if six feet in diameter, requires for 
Space I. 36 Centaurea, at six inches apart in a single row. 
Space II. 40 Verschaffelti coleus, six inches apart each way. 
Space III. 40 Fair Oaks coleus, six inches apart each way. 
Space. IV. 1 Dracezena Indivisa in center of the bed. 
Space V. 9 Cineraria Maritima, in a single row, six inches apart. 
This bed, if eight feet in diameter, requires for 
Space I. 48 Centaurea. 
Space II. 72 Verschaffelti coleus. 
Space III. 72 Fair Oaks coleus. 
Space IV. 1 Dracezna Indivisa. 
Space V. 9 Cineraria Maritima. 
The description of the different beds might be continued at great length, 
but, instead,the reader is asked to apply the general principles above out- 
lined, and select from the infinite variety of attractive forms and com- 
binations possible within the limits of good taste and pleasing effects. 
