SUMMER FLOWER BEDS 



73 



ft. 



-li ft. 



July-Sept. 



Single and double 

 The satisfactory arrangement of plants selected from the 

 above list will tax the ingenuity and skill of the gardener. Ex- 

 periment and practice, and a study of the charming bedding out 

 effects produced in public parks and gardens will be found of the 

 utmost service in enabling him to achieve success. The following 

 hints, however, may prove useful if it be remembered that they 

 are intended to be merely guiding principles and suggestions, not 

 unalterable rules, like the laws of the Medes and Persians. 



(1) Do not attempt to grow too many kinds of plants in one 

 bed ; let simplicity and grace strike the keynote both of 



