FLOWERINO AKD ORNAMEKTAL I»LAKTS. 



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ems tlie tasteful use of ornaments in dress, never using 

 them in excess. Thus employed, whether the ground 

 to be embellished is a square rod or many acres, there 

 will be little room for complaint of the formal style of 



Fig. 49. 



Fig. 50. Fig. 51. 



SMALL BEDS CUT IN A LAWN. 



Fig. 53. 



arrangement, provided the designs after which the flow- 

 ers are planted be in themselves good and tasteful. 



The character of the designs which are followed in 

 setting out plants in formal or geometric bedding has 

 Fig. 53. Fig. 54. Fig. 55. 



Fig. 56. Fig. 57. Fig. 58. 



LARGE CIKCULAB BEDS IN A LAWN. 



much to do with their beauty. In the accompanying 

 engraving are shown numerous tasteful plans, which 

 may serve as a guide in this kind of work. Figures 49 



