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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Bedding-out continued. 



enjoyed, a grand effect may be produced by the grouping 

 of tree and other large ferns with palms, Cannas, Aralias, 

 Dracaenas, &c., avoiding, of course, formal arrangement, and 

 yet, when finished, a symmetrical appearance should be 

 produced. In more open positions, palms, Castor Oil Plants, 

 Cannas, Eumea elegans, Aralias, Phormiums, Wigandias, 



FIG. 217. DESIGN FOR BEDDING. 



Nicotianas, &c., may be employed, the result being, if 

 properly arranged, most gratifying. Sub-Tropical Bedding 

 should not be done till the middle or end of June, and the 

 Beds should be well dug and freely manured for those that 

 are to be planted out. 



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are intended for specimen foliage and other plants, such 

 as Fuchsias, Yuccas, Aloes, Cannas, Solanums, variegated 

 or plain Reeds, Grasses, Maize (Zea), &c. No. 1, tall plants 

 of Echeveria metallica, edged with E. glauca ; 2, 2, yellow 

 or orange Calceolaria ; 3, 3, Mrs. Leavers Pelargonium ; 

 4, 4, Triomphe de Stella ditto ; 5, 5, purple or blue Verbena; 

 6, 6, white ditto. The narrow border round the 

 Bide may then.be filled in with Golden-feather 

 Pyrethrum, blue Lobelia, or Alternanthera ama- 

 bilis. This same plan may also be treated in 

 quite a different manner, according to the taste 

 of those adopting it, or the stock of plants at 

 command. 



Fig. 217 illustrates a design admirably adapted 

 for a rosery or small flower garden. Its only 

 fault is the number of sharp angles at the 

 corners of some of the Beds; but this can be 

 counteracted by the predominance of curved 

 lines. It is easily formed, and the effect is good 

 if furnished in the following manner: The circle 

 in the centre, 1, Centaurea ragusina compacta, 

 edged with a double line of Coleus Verschaffeltii ; 

 the four figures 2, 2, 2, 2, scarlet Pelargoniums, 

 such as Vesuvius, Bonfire, Triomphe de Stella, 

 or others ; 3, 3, Mrs. Pollock, golden-zoned Pelar- 

 goniums, edged with Alternanthera amcena ; 4, 4, 

 Lady Cnllum, ditto, ditto, edged with ditto; 

 5, 5, Lobelia speciosa, Imperial Dwarf Ageratum, or 

 Purple King Verbena; 6, 6, white Verbena or white Ivy- 

 leaved Pelargonium. 



The group of Beds illustrated in Fig. 218 is effective 

 on grass or gravel. If on the latter, the lines should be 



FIG. 218. DESIGN FOR BEDDING OR CARPET BEDDING. 



Fig. 216 represents a Border or long piece of ground, 

 which may be either marked out permanently with Box 



FIG. 219. ARRANGEMENT OF NURSERY FOR ROSE TREES AND 

 SHRUBS. 



edging, dwarf-growing silver or golden leaved plants, tiles, 

 stones, or pebbles, and filled in with silver sand or bright- 

 coloured stones or gravel j or the lines may be widened out 

 into walks. The whole of the small circles not numbered 



defined with Box, Golden Thyme, Cerastium, or Santolinas. 

 The design is pretty on level, but is still more effective 

 on sloping, ground ; in the latter case, it should rise 

 from the straight walk (dotted line). Thus each Bed may 



FIG. 220. ARRANGEMENT OF NURSERY FOR ROSE TREES AND 

 SHRUBS. 



be seen to the best advantage, and the group may be 

 extended to any length. The circular Beds should be 

 planted with two distinct colours, such as good pink and 

 scarlet Pelargoniums of similar habits of growth, placing 



