248 PLANTING THE ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS 



In Fig. 190 are shown a few designs suitable for carpet 

 beds. They are intended merely to be suggestive, not to 

 be copied precisely. The simple forms and component 

 parts of the more elaborate beds may be arranged into 

 other designs. Likewise the arrangement of plants which 

 will be mentioned as suitable for making a given pat- 

 tern, is only one of many possible arrangements. The 

 idea is merely to bring out the design distinctly. To 

 accomplish this it is only necessary to use plants of con- 

 trasting color or growth. To illustrate how varied are 

 the arrangements that may be used, and how easily dif- 

 ferent effects are produced with a single design, I will 

 mention several different combinations of color for the 

 bed No 1. 



No. 1. Arrangement A: Outside, Alternanthera amcena spec- 

 tabilis ; inside, Stevia serrata variegata. B : lobelia, Crystal 

 Palace ;.Mme. Solleroi geranium. C: lobelia, Crystal Palace; 

 scarlet dwarf phlox. D: sweet alyssum; petunia, Countess 

 of Ellesmere. E: coleus, Golden Bedder; coleus Verchaf- 

 feltii. F: Achyranthes Lindeni; yellow dwarf nasturtium. 



No. 2. Outside, red alternanthera ; middle, Dusty Miller; 

 center, pink geranium. 



No. 3. Outside, Alternanthera aurea nana ; middle, Alter- 

 nanthera amoana spectabilis; center, Anthemis coronaria. 



No. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 may each be filled with a single color, 

 or given a border of suitable plants if the planter so chooses. 



No. 9. Ground, Alternanthera aurea nana; center, Acalypha 

 tricolor; black dots, scarlet geranium. 



No. 10. Ground of Centaurea gymnocarpa; circle, Achyranthes 

 Lindeni; cross, golden coleus. 



No. 11. Border, Oxalis tropaeoloides ; center, blue heliotrope, 



blue ageratum, or Acalypha marginata; cross about the 



center, Thymus argentea, or centaurea; scallop outside the 



cross, blue lobelia; corners inside border, santolina. 



Designs 13 and 14 are, in character, somewhat in the style 



of a parterre; but instead of the intervening spaces in the 



bed being ordinary walks they are of grass. Such beds are 



of a useful type, because they may be made large and yet be 



