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Bedding-out continued. 



the colours in alternate Beds. The Beds, a, a, a, Flower 

 of Spring 1 , or another silver-leaved Pelargonium; b, b, b, 

 Purple King Verbena, or Imperial Dwarf Ageratum ; c, c, 

 White Perfection Verbena, and silver-leaved or white - 

 flowered Ivy -leaved Pelargonium; d, d, Alternanthera 

 magnified; e, e, Blue Lobelia. The long border, Alter- 

 nanthera paronychioides, edged with Antennaria tomen- 

 tosa ; or Iresine Lindenii, edged with Pyrethrum, Golden 

 Fleece or Crystal Palace Gem Pelargonium. The two 

 eides may also be planted alike. The colours are re- 

 versed above to produce a greater variety and a more 

 striking effect. This design is also well adapted for 

 Carpet Bedding. 



BKD E. 



FIG. 221. BEDDING-OUT DESIGNS. 



Nursery Bed. This is merely a reserve ground or 

 nursery for a large stock of plants of various sorts, such as 



Bedding-out continued. 



Hoses, &c. One of the first requirements is an easy access 

 to the individual plants, and with the least possible waste 

 of space. This may be obtained by arranging the Beds in 

 regular geometric figures, as shown in Figs. 219 and 220 

 and, by exercising a little care and taste, the whole can be 

 so contrived as to present an ornamental appearance. 



We are indebted to Messrs. Cannell and Sons for the 

 diagrams of Bedding-out designs shown at Fig. 221, which 

 may be made very effective : 



Bed A. This Bed may be planted with the following : 

 Summer- flowering : 1, Gain's Yellow Calceolaria or Agera- 

 tum Lady Jane ; 2, Geranium Vesuvius or another scarlet ; 

 3 and 4, Viola Bluebell or Purple King Verbena; 5, edged 

 with Onaphalium lanatum, or Antennaria tomentosa, white 

 foliaged plants. Summer Foliage : 1, Coleus Verschaf eltii ; 



2, Centaurea ragusina compacta ; 3 and 4, Mrs. Pollock 

 Geranium; 5, band of any of the Echeverias, or Kleinia 

 repens. 



Bed B. Plants mentioned for A will do for this. 



Bed C. This is really intended for a Carpet Bed. 1, 

 Alternanthera amabilis, with a narrow line of amcena for 

 the edge; 2, Mentha, or Herniaria glabra; 3, band of 

 Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum. Flowering: 



1, Any kind of Scarlet Geranium ; 2, Golden-leaved ditto ; 



3, Blue Lobelia (edge). Spring: 1, White Arabia; 2, 

 Myosotis dissitiflora ; 3, Golden Feather. 



Bed D. Summer: 1, Pink Geranium; 2, Iresine Lindenii; 

 3, Golden Feather. Carpet : 1, Alternanthera versicolor 

 grandis ; 2, Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum ; 



3, Alternanthera magnifica, edged with Sempervivum mon- 

 tanum. 



Bed E. 1, Scarlet Geranium; 2, Pink ditto; 3, Lobelia 

 speciosa; or, 1, Alternanthera amcena; 2, Mesembryan- 

 themum cordifolium variegatum ; 3, Echeveria tecunda 

 glauca. 



Bed F. 1, Dracaena, Chamcepeuce, or any other graceful 

 foliage plant for the centre; 2 and 4, Alternanthera 

 amabilis, the divided lines, 6, being filled with Mentha or 

 Echeverias; 3 and 5, Alternanthera amcena; and the 

 outer edge, 7, with Sempervivum californicum. This bed 

 would look well if planted with any of the above-men- 

 tioned spring flowers. Spring: Bed might be raised to 

 a mound, and lined out with hardy Sedums, or Semper- 

 vivums, placing a larger growing one in the centre; and 



2, 3, 4, and 5 divisions may be filled with any spring- 

 flowering dwarf-growing plants. 



Bed G. 1. Small plant of Yucca ; 2, Coleus Verschaf- 

 feltii; 3, Alyssum variegatum ; 4, Lobelia pumila magnifica. 



BedH. 1, Golden Feather; 2, Mesembryanthemum; 3, 

 Mentha; 4, Alternanthera amabilis; or 1, Coleus Verschaf - 

 feltii ; 2, Centaurea ragusina ; 3, Calceolaria Golden Gem ; 



4, Ageratnm Lady Jane. 



BEDDINC PLANTS. This term applies to many 

 half-hardy subjects which are planted out in beds for 

 summer display, such as Ageratnms, Calceolarias, Gera- 

 niums, Heliotropes, Lobelias, Verbenas, Ac., all of which 

 will be treated under their respective headings. They are 

 mostly soft-wooded plants and are easily cultivated with 

 proper means, in spring and autumn. 



BEDFORDIA (named in honour of a former Duke of 

 Bedford). ORD. Composites. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 

 allied to Cacalia. They thrive in a mixture of sand, pea^ 

 loam, and brick rubbish, in equal proportions. Propagated 

 by cuttings, which should be dried a little before inserting 

 them in rough, sandy soil. 



B. salicinaOVillow-like). Jt,-headi yellow, axillary and solitary, 

 or few together. April. I. alternate, lanceolate, linear, glossy 

 above, covered with white tomentum underneath, h. 3ft Vic- 

 toria and Tasmania, 1820. SYN. Cacalia talicina. (B. E. 923.) 



BEDSTRAW. See Galium. 



BEECH. See Fagns. 



BEES. See Honey Bees, Humble Bees, and Wasp. 



