PLANTING OF LAWNS AND FLOWER BEDS. 



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the bed. For example, a bed having a diameter of ten 

 feet may require eiglit or ten different kinds of plants to 

 form the necessary contrast, while that of five feet will 

 not require more than half that number. The following 

 named plants are well suited for planting in masses or 

 ribbon lines. They are named as nearly as possible in the 

 order of their hight, number one in each case being the 

 tallest. Many will require to be ^^ pinched back " to keep 

 them at the proper hight, so that the outline will form 

 a regular slope from the center, or highest point, down 

 to the front or lowest point. Thus, in list No. 1, Canna 



Fi^. 9. —SECTION OF FLOWER BED. 



Indica zebrina will grow six feet high, while Lobelia 

 Paxtoni, the lowest, is less than six inches. The section 

 given in figure 9 will give an idea of the arrangement of 

 a bed of this kind. 



TiTST Xn 1 Average hight 



ijiox i.\\j. X. in feet. 



1 . Canna Indica zebrina, leaves trreen and brown striped .6 



2. Salvia splendens, flowers scarlet.. 5 



3. Golden Coleus, leaves orange and brown 4 



4. Achyranthes Lindeni, leaves rich crimson 3 



5. Phalaris arundinacea var. , leaves white and green .2i 



6. Achyranthes Gilsoni, leaves carmine ...2 



7. Bronze Geranium, leaves golden bronze. .li 



8. Centaurca Candida, leaves white ...1 



9. Alternanthera paronychioides major, leaves crimson and^yellow % 

 10. Lobelia Paxtoni. flowers blue i 



