jflower*=Be55 anfc Berbers* 131 



rifera,Canna,Ferdinaudia, Jacaranda, Ficus, Melianthus, Gre- 

 villea, Acacia lophanta, Aralia chinensis, Lea amabilis, and 

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

 and Artemisia are useful and effective for this purpose. In 



FIG. 74. FLOWER BEDS. 



Explanation : A, Parterre. 



1. A central bed planted as follows : 1. Areca lutescens (specimen palm). 2. 

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

 cornuta. 6. Echeveria. 



2. Two rectangular beds: 1. Specimen Dracena indivisa ; bottom, blue 

 Ageratum. 2. Verbenas. 3. Lobelia erinus. 4. Echeveria. 



3. Circular beds : 1. Centre, Chamapeuse in abed of red Alternanthera. 2. 

 Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum. 3. Red-leaved oxalis. 



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

 lobelia. 4. Sempervivum. 



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

 pervivum. 



B. Circular bed: 1. Salvia splendens. 2. Salvia patens. 3. Rose-colored 

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



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

 miller. 5. Arenaria. 



D. 1. Variegated maize. 2. Wigandia or Solanum. 3. Pyreth rum 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 



