HAEMONIZINa COLOURS IN FURNISHING FLOWER-BEDS. 



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DOt'BLE RIBBON BOEDER. 



A. Aljssum and Lobelia. B. Brilliant. C. Yellow Calceolaria. D. Perilla. 



E. Brilliant. F. Alyssum and Lobelia mixed. 



c>050. Or this border might be furnished thus :— Four curved lines, T), might 

 be introduced instead of one, and planted as follows :— 



D. Geranium,— Brilliant. 

 D 1. Yellow Calceolaria. 



D 2. Perilla nankinensia. 



D 3. Trentham Kose Geranimn. 



2051, In this case the front and back could be thus planted :- 



A. Prince's Feather. 



B. Ageratum. 



C. Cineraria maritima (back). 



F. Lobelia speciosa (front). 

 E. Golden Chain Geranium. 

 C. Cerastium tomentosum. 



C!052. There is something very striking in this mode of furnishing. The 

 dark foliage of the Perilla renders it a most useful plant for this purpose. The 

 Atriplex rubra is equally so, if it can only be kept from a premature death 

 from its excessive seed-bearing. The Cineraria maritima, Centaurea argyrea, 

 and most of the silver and gold-leaved geraniums, are also striking in the 

 same position. Either of the following designs woiild also look -well in a 

 straight border : — 



1. Eobinson's Defiance Verbena. 



2. "White Verbena. 



3. Edged all round with Lobelia speciosa. 



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1. Scarlet Geranium. 



2. White Verbena. 



3. Purple King Verbena. 



1. Scarlet Verbena, 



2. Gazania splendens. 

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3. Lobelia speciosa. 



