CHAPTER XI. 



BEDDING PLANTS. 



HE terms flower bedding, color bed- 

 ding, or carpet bedding are famil- 

 iar to every one who gives flowers 

 the slightest consideration. Farm 

 door-yards and Newport lawns 

 alike disport themselves in the 

 gay but unfortunately often garish 

 colors of the coleus and geranium. 



No need to advocate their use. They have achieved a 

 foothold that is not likely to be soon shaken. The uni- 

 versal delight in rich color is satisfied by their employment 

 and the expense of their employment is comparatively 

 small. 



They have long ago come to stay. It therefore behoves 

 us carefully to consider here how they should be employed 

 in any definite attempt at a harmonious arrangement of a 

 well-appointed lawn. As we find them presented on many 

 grass plats, their appearance is vulgar, inharmonious, and 

 barbaric. The discord of color shocks one like an accuinu- 



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