HARMONIZING COLOURS IN FURNISHING FLOWER-BEDS. 



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5041. The following arrangement was much admired at Kew Gardens last 

 season : — 



Parple King Verbena. 

 Eobinson's Defiance Verbena. 

 Cineraria maritima. 

 Perilla nankinensis (centre). 



Cineraria maritima. 

 Eobinson's Defiance Verbena. 

 Purple King Verbena. 



2042. Two or more rows of the same plants are often planted together, to 

 give wide bands or stripes of colour. Where space is ample, this has a mag- 

 nificent efifect. Bands, three rows, or two feet wide, of the following sorts, 

 would look chaste and rich : — 



1. 3 row9 of Mangles's variegated 

 Geraniums, 



2. 3 rows of Purple King Verbena. 



3. 3 rows of Calceolaria amplexicaulis. 



4. 3 rows of Perilla, rising highest at 



the back. 



1. 3 rows of Purple King Verbena. 



2. 3 rows of Calceolaria amplexicaulis. 



3. 3 rows of Ageratum mexicanum. 



4. 3 rows of Punch's Geraniam. 



1. 3 rows of Lobelia speciosa. 



2. 3 rows of Golden Chain Geranium. 



3. 3 rows of Purple Kiug Verbena. 



4. 3 rows of Flower of the Day Ge- 



ranium. 



5. 3 rows of Perilla nankinensis. 



6. 3 rows of tall yellow Chrysanthemum, 



or Dwarf Pillar Dahlia. 



2043. '^^^ monotony of straight lines or bands of colour is often broken 

 by the introduction of one or more curved or waving lines in straight border, 

 as in the following example : — 



IiOKG BIBBOir BOBDEB. 



A. Ageratum. B. Geranium,— Trentham Eose. C. PeriUa. D. Yellow Calceolaria. 

 E. Brilliant. F. Alyssum and Lobelia mixed. 



2044. Again, ribbon borders are furnished in this manner. Small circles 

 are marked out at any given distance all along the centre of the border, 

 thus : — 



These are planted either entirely with one colour, or with one or more 



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