94 Landscape Gardening 



or of those with beautiful flowers placed in retired nooks 

 with a good background, along the borders of walks, or 

 close up to the veranda with a good extent of lawn often 

 add to a scene brightness that can be produced in no other 

 way. These bedding-plants, well started under glass, pro- 

 duce effect early and during the entire season which cannot 

 be obtained from perennial plants or shrubs. They often 

 show color or begin to bloom soon after setting out and con- 

 tinue until cut off by frost. 



They are comparatively inexpensive if purchased from 

 the commercial grower, or many of them are easily and 

 cheaply grown with only the facilities of a small hotbed or 

 a few sunny windows. 



Intricate figures and designs often seen in public grounds 

 and large estates should not be attempted on small places, 

 for, besides being unsuited to such limited areas, they will 

 detract from other features whatever of beauty they may 

 in themselves possess. 



