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BEDDING PLANTS. 



related to its surroundings. They seem unhappy for lack 

 of the congenial company they find in nature. 



As a rule, it may be said that ornamental planting of 

 this character, namely, bedding, should be restricted to the 

 immediate neighborhood of architectural structures and to 

 small city squares or greens, where the rigid lines of the 



BED OF CANNAS, COLEUSES, AND ACALYPHAS. 



neighboring masses of houses are inevitably, to the eye, 

 associated with the semi-artificial-looking bedding. 



A favorable arrangement for bedding plants will be 

 found directly against the wall of a large building. A solid 

 background always enhances the attraction of a mass of 

 bedding. First come the cannas, solanums, or other large- 

 leaf plants against the wall, then acalyphas, coleuses, 

 geraniums, and last pyrethrums and alternantheras. 



