Planting and Bedding 



Summer Bedding-. 



As used here we understand by summer bedding that 

 which is chiefly represented by lobelias, geraniums, &c. 

 This likewise is going largely out of fashion. Gardeners 

 generally are rather glad of this, for it takes quite eight 

 or nine months to propagate and prepare the plants and 



FIG. 90. FIG. 91. 



Plans of summer bedding. 



i. Dot plants. 8. Verbena pink. 



6. Verbena red. 9. Verbena purple. 



7. Verbena white. 10. Geranium bronze. 



n. Geranium white. 



bed them out for the display during the few remaining 

 months. In bedding with these plants as with all others, 

 it is necessary to know the characters of the plants, so 

 that they may be set at such a distance apart as to 

 well fill the bed when they have grown to their fullest 

 extent. Each plant must have sufficient room to de- 

 velop itself, and display itself to advantage, but no 

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