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BEDDING PLANTS. 



centaureas into a glaring combination of stripes and formal 

 bands of red, white, and yellow, like some gigantic pastry 

 cook's tart, does not prevent a better method being employed 

 by a better designer. 



When we have drawn a well-designed bed on paper, 

 however, we have only commenced to solve the problem of 

 good designing for bedding. The scheme must be made to 

 fit a certain spot, and must be harmonized and adjusted to 

 its surroundings. For instance, a certain decorative bed 

 around the fountain at Union Square, New York, may look 



1. ALTERNANTHERA. 



2. ACALYPHA MACROPHYLLA. 



3. ACALYPHA MUSAICA. 



4. GERANIUM (DWARF). 



all right, while a similarly arranged bed on a Central Park 

 meadow would shock the sense of harmony. 



Let us consider for a moment this arrangement of bed- 

 ding plants around the Union Square fountain. It is one 

 typical illustration. In good work of this sort, as I have 

 mentioned, there must be a definite recognition of all the 

 general principles of landscape-gardening art. Properly 

 adjusted emphasis must be secured, and the treatment ap- 

 proximated in miniature to that of the ordinary lawn. 

 Consequently we find in the Union Square illustration the 



