HARMONIZING COLOURS IN FURNISHING FLOWER-BEDS. 



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12. Verbena (Mrs. Holford) ; edged with 



Verbena (Charliewoodii). 



13. Geranium (Judcl's Scarlet) ; edged 



with Verbena (Purple King). 



14. Geranium (Tom Thumb) ; edged with 



white Ivy-leaf. 



15. Calceolaria (Aureafloribunda); edged 



with Lobelia. 



16. Calceolaria (Prince of Orange); edged 



with Lobelia. 



17. Verbena (Ariosto) ; edged with white 



Alyssum. 



18. Verbena (Lord Kaglan) ; edged with 



Heliotrope (Voltairiana). 



19. Gernnium (Pink Cup; ; edged with 



pink Ivy-leaf. 



20. Geranium (Hackness) ; edged with 



Golden Chain. 



21. Gazania splendens; edged with Lo- 



belia speciosa. 



1. Geranium (Excellence); edged with 



Scarlet Nasturtium. 



2. Geranium (Brown's Compactum) ; 



edged with Yellow Nasturtium. 



3. Geranium (Pink Nosegay) ; edged 

 with Geranium (Hendersonii). 



4. Heliotrope (Triomphe de Liege) ; 



edged with Cineraria maritima. 



5. Calceolaria (Crimson King) ; edged 



with Yellow Hawkweed. 



6. Calceolaria Caie ; edged with Cine- 



raria ameloides. 



7. AJonsia (scarlet) ; edged with Musk. 



8. Purple King Verbena ; edged with 



Cuphea strigillosa. 



9. Geranium (Mrs.Colville) ; edged with 



Golden Chain. 



10. Geranium (Alma) ; edged with Sapo- 



naria calabrica. 



11. Geranium (Flower of the Day); edged 



with Saponaria calabrica. 



2055. It will be observed that in the grouping of this garden, each cor- 

 responding bed is filled in the same manner ; not only the two halves, but the 

 four sides are the same. In regular figures, loooked down upon as this is, I 

 think this is the best course to adopt : it would be difficult to assign any good 

 reasons for furnishing it otherwise. Identity of form and position seems to 

 demand identity of colour, when, as here, sufficient space intervenes to allow 

 of the introduction of different hues between the same beds. Nothing what- 

 ever could be gained in having any of the No. 32, for instance, different from 

 the others. By having them all alike, the symmetry and balance of the whole 

 is maintained. The only other legitimate way of furnishing this garden would be 

 to divide it into two halves, and furnish each half alike, and the two halves 

 as different as possible. In that case, all the beds, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, and 13, 

 might form an independent or neutral arrangement, serving to divide the 

 garden into two, or rather four parts ; and then each half would be furnished 

 to contrast with the other. However, I prefer the arrangement that is here 

 given, and have furnished a large geometrical flower-garden on the same 

 principle for years. It is no demerit, but the reverse where the garden is 

 large, to have four beds alike. Where beds of the same shape occur together, 

 as at 14, 19, 20, and 21, of course no one would dream of filling them all with 

 the same colour. It may, however, be of the first importance to furnish them 

 ■with plants of similar habit. 



2056. It will also be observed, that in this arrangement most of the beds 

 are furnished with an edging of a complementary or contrasting colour. This, 

 while it heightens the individual effect of each bed, also, when skilfully managed, 

 intensifies the brilliance of the whole. However, it is not always advisable ou 

 small beds; and I think that of late years the desire for edgings, and for 

 cutting up beds into bands of colours, has run to excess. Instead of well- 

 defined satisfying masses of beaut}"-, of sufficient size for the eye corni^laceixtly 

 to rest U2)0)i, we are presented with running bands, giddy mazes, and hete- 



