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subtropical effects. It must be remembered that the 

 majority of plants grown at the present time for summer 

 bedding are greenhouse plants and do not properly belong 

 to the landscape, as every garden may be complete without 

 them. They are beautiful accessories, which rightly handled 

 will greatly enhance the beauty of a place, but when mis- 

 used are worse than useless. 



The most important flowering plants used for bed- 

 ding are tender greenhouse plants. Most important are 

 the many varieties of Abutilon, red, white, or yellow, ex- 

 cellent for central parts ; Begonia semperflorens, various 

 shades of red and pure white ( Vernon, coccinea, Erfordce), 

 dwarf, compact, and ever-blooming; tuberous-rooted Be- 

 gonias of all colors, Calceolaria rugosa, Cuphea, heliotrope, 

 Libonia, zonal pelargoniums, single varieties of all colors, 

 Salvia, Streptosolon, Torenia, and Vinca rosea. For combi- 

 nation with these, numerous hardy annuals are used for 

 summer effect, most of which are described in a subsequent 

 chapter. 



