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BEDDING PLANTS. 



large plants as cannas and acalyphas to emphasize and re- 

 lieve anything like a flat monotonous effect. Even in the 

 park at the foot of Canal Street, New York, one of the 

 roughest and dirtiest of neighborhoods, where green grass 

 is a priceless boon, a bit of massed cannas, acalyphas, 

 coleuses, arid geraniums have been introduced effectively 

 without injuring the open centre grass effect. 



Shade is of course all important to the small city park, 

 and the shade of large trees is entirely de- 

 structive to the growth of bedding plants, 

 which need sun and air in abundance. 



FOUNTAIN. 



1. CANNAS. 



2. COLEU8 VEB8CHAFFELTII. 



8. COLEUS KIRKPATRICK. 



4. GERANIUM (BLACK HAWK). 



5. GERANIUM (GENERAL GRANT). 



6. ALTERNANTHERA (vELLOw). 



7. ALTERNANTHERA (RED). 



8. ACALYPHA TRICOLOR. 



9. ACALYPHA MACROPHYLLA. 



10. 6ALVIA 6PLENDEN8. 



11. 80LANUM WARSCEWICZIOIOES. 



12. CASTOR-OIL PLANT. 



13. ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI. 



14. VINCA ROSEA. 



15. LAMTANA DELICATISSIMA. 



16. CENTAUREA CANOIDIS8IMA. 



17. PYRETHRUM AUREUM. 



18. DATURA. 



There are plenty of nooks, however, for bedding plants in 

 small city parks that are not shaded, where they may be 

 planted with excellent effect, adding much to the pleasure 

 of many people. 



The system of bedding adopted around the Arsenal in 

 Central Park shows the frequently recurring example al- 

 ready mentioned of a wall bordered with grass and decorated 

 with bedding plants. The large kinds, like cannas, castor- 

 oil plants, solanums, etc., are naturally arranged against the 



