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rifera,Canna,Ferdinandia, Jacaranda, Ficus, Melianthus, Gie- 

 villea, Acacia lophanta, Aralia chinensis, Leu arnabilis, and 



white variegated Lavatera. Even maize, giant hemp, Risinus, 

 and Artemisia are useful and effective for this purpose. In 



FIG. 74.— FLOWER BEDS. 



Explanation : A, Parterre. 



1. A central lied planted as follows : 1. Areca Iutescens (specimen palm). 2. 

 Rose-colored Begonia. 3. Grevillea robusta. 4. White ageratum. 5. Viola 

 eornuta. 6. Echeveria. 



2. Two rectangular heels: 1. Specimen Draeena indivisa ; bottom, blue 

 Ageratum. 2. Verbenas. :{. Lobelia erinus. 4. Echeveria. 



'&. Circularbeds : 1. Centre. Chamapeuse in a bed of red Alternanthera. 2. 

 Mesembryanthemum eordifolium variegatum. 3. Red-leaved oxalis. 



4. Two beds : 1. Scarlet geranium 2. Rose-colored geranium. 3. Blue 

 lobelia. 4. Sempervivum. 



5. One bed: 1. Heliotrope. 2. Scarlet -cranium. 3. Dusty miller. 4. Sem- 

 pervivum. 



B. Circular bed : l. Salvia splendens. 2. Salvia patens. 3. Rose-colored 

 Begonia. 4. White Ageratum. 5. Lobelia erinus, blue stone. 



C. Oval bed : 1. Acalypha. 2. Red eoleus. 3. Yellow coleus. 4. Dusty 

 miller. .">. Arenaria. 



D. 1. Variegated maize. 2. Wigandia or Solanum. 3. Pyrethrum golden 

 feather. 



such foliage groups the plants must never be crowded, as the 

 effect is most beautiful when sober and dignified. Groups 

 of this nature may be joined, in an apparently natural 

 manner, with the rest of the scenery to produce distinctly 



