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more. A couple of examples of this manner of bedding 

 are also given (Figs. 90, 91). Spring bedding is not so 

 popular as it might be. It is a great pity that when 

 the summer bedding has been completed, the beds 

 should be left naked until the following summer, when 

 they could be filled during the spring months by so 

 many beautiful plants and bulbs, which could be got 



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FIG. 92. Plan of grouping. 



12. Delphiniums. 20. Poppies. 



13. Sweet peas. 21. Gypsophylla elegans. 



14. Hollyhocks. 22. Antirrhinum. 



15. Violas. 23. Calceolaria. 



16. Phlox Drummondi. 24. Verbena red. 



17. Montbretias. 25. Nasturtium. 



18. Pentstemons. 26. Salvia, blue. 



19. Lobelia Cardinalis. 27. Stocks. 



28. Godetia. 



off in time to make room for the summer occupants. 

 It would seem to be even more desirable that there 

 should be a wealth of bloom in the early spring, 

 when flowers of whatever kind are more appreciated 

 owing to their rarity, than in the summer months when 

 so many are with us. I should certainly advise readers 

 to pay more attention to this class of bedding. 

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