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few extremely limited attempts that have been made at 

 the Central Park, New York, the past few years, there 

 has been no ornamental planting of a public character in 

 the vicinity of New York. Some fine examples of this 



Fig. 15. DESIGN FOB BED. 



1. Coleus Verschaffeltii. 5. Achyranthes, Maroon. 



2. Stevia Variegata. 6. Coleus, Black. 



3. Coleus, Firebrand. 7. Coleus, Golden Bedder. 



4. Stevia Variegata. 8. Achyranthes, Crimson. 



All kept pinched even. 



kind of gardening may be seen in the public parks in 

 Washington, D. C. ; Chicago, 111.; Allegheny City and 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Boston, Mass., and even Albany, 

 N. Y., where the. effects of massing may be studied to 

 advantage. But even as we write (1886), neither in 

 Central Park, in New York City, or in Prospect Park, 



