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equally effective. But in my opinion, if a fault is to be 

 found with the Salvia patens as a bedding plant, it is its 

 inability to withstand wet weather. Through that cause 

 it is very often denuded of its flowers, but it very soon 

 revives with a few bright days. Among other plants 

 that are extremely useful for bedding purposes in the 

 Topiary garden are the taller growing varieties of 

 fuschias that are hardy enough to stand planting out in 

 the flower garden, and more especially if the yews are 

 old and large ; fuschias planted either in clumps or 

 massed alone in large beds with a groundwork of violas, 

 or some other suitable plants, will give a very striking 

 effect among yews, and they have the additional 

 advantage of giving a good show of bloom during a 

 mild autumn long after the majority of bedding plants 

 have finished flowering, which is a quality that ought to 

 recommend them in any garden as well as the Topiary 

 one. In most gardens, variety of plants is considered a 

 necessity in the work of bedding out, and space will 

 not permit me to point out the special qualities of each 

 and every different variety of plant that may be used in 

 the embellishment of a Topiary garden, but I will give 

 the names of a few that I have found most suitable and 

 effective for bedding out in a garden where the yew 

 tree is extensively grown. The different types of 

 antirrhinums, both dwarf and tall growing varieties, 

 calceolarias, cannas, begonias, heliotropes, yellow and 

 white marguerites, gladioli, and the various varieties of 

 geraniums. Geraniums, and more especially the ivy 

 leaved varieties, should be given a place in the garden 

 if beds that are suitable for them blooming well can be 

 found for them. Grown as pyramids or trained over a 

 wire framework three or four feet high, the effect is 

 very pretty. 



In all the bedding arrangements of a Topiary garden, 

 a natural appearance is a thing that should be studied 



