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G. Plants for Carpet Bedding. Carpet bedding as a part of 

 design in landscape planting has a specific place and is used for a spe- 

 cific purpose. This type of planting lends itself to extremely formal 

 areas throughout parks and around architectural treatments. It is 

 not adapted in any way for use in connection with informal types of 

 American landscapes either in park developments or in settings of 

 homes. This is a field of work which gives the gardener an excellent 

 opportunity to show his skill in the trimming of plants and the ar- 

 rangement of plants to produce interesting pattern efFects. There is no 

 other group of plants from which specimens can be selected which will 

 perform the same functions in the landscape picture as plants selected 

 from this group. The perennials are mostly propagated from cuttings, 

 and the annual plants are grown each year from seeds. They are 

 usually planted very closely — from three to six inches apart — so as to 

 secure an even colour effect and a complete blanket of foliage with well- 

 defined lines of separation between the varieties. Few of these plants 

 are sold under their proper scientific names, but the common names 

 here given will identify them. 



The types of plants adapted for this purpose are usually selected 

 because of well-defined characteristics such as: 



(a) Long flowering period and abundance of bloom. 



(b) Compact habit of growth. 



(c) Ability to thrive under crowded conditions. 



(d) Ability to respond to frequent and severe cutting back. 



(e) Interesting colour and texture of foliage. 



a. Low-growing plants from two to six inches tall: 



1. Foliage plants: 



Alyssum maritimum variegatum 



Variegated-leaved Sweet Alyssum 

 Echeveria atropurpurea 



Purple-leaved Echeveria 

 Echeveria fulgens 



Smooth-stemmed Echeveria 

 Echeveria glauca 



Glaucous Echeveria 

 Echeveria secunda 



Red-margined Echeveria 

 Oxalis corniculata 



Creeping Oxalis 

 Pelargonium hortorum Madame Salleroi 



Mme. Salleroi Geranium 



Sempervivum arachnoideum (in variety) 



Spiderweb Houseleek 

 Sempervivum calcareum 



Alpine Houseleek 

 Sempervivum tectorum (in variety) 



Houseleek 

 Telanthera amoena 



Alternanthera 

 Telanthera bettzickiana 



Narrow-leaved Alternanthera 

 Telanthera versicolor 



Round-leaved Alternanthera 

 Thymus serpyllum (in variety) 



Mother of Thyme 



