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tinted Alternanthera paronycJiioides ; then enclosed triangular beds of the 

 bright orange-red Alternantliera inagnijica ; and finally, three boundary circles 

 — yellow Pyrethrum Golden Feather (6), the rosy Alteniatiihera aniosna (7), 

 and the gray, rosulate-leaved Echeveria secitnda glauca (8). These combina- 

 tions were all admirable. 



Fig. 2. — Here the central star (1) was of the gray-leaved Santolina laiiaridu- 

 IcEfolia; next the deep orange-red AlteniantJiera inagnifica (2) ; then Pyrethrum 

 Golden Feather (3); a series of trapezoids oi Alternanthera amcena (4); the 

 spaces intervening between the points of these lozenge-shaped masses, and 

 extending outwards far enough to finish with an even circular line (5) Santolina 

 I'ncana; then in succession a circular band of Alternanthera amcena (6), and 

 another of Echeveria secunda glajica (7). The design was very effective, but 



we gave preference to No. i, in which the broad mass of Alternanthera amavia 

 came out in a ver)' telling manner. 



The plants used for this style of bedding are necessarily low growing and 

 compact ; but in order to bring out the design, it is imperative to keep them 

 pinched in to a regular height, though not necessarily uniform, as a slight varia- 

 tion has the effect of showing some of the colors as it were in sunk panels. No 

 garden of any pretensions should be without its one or more carpet-beds, as 

 they are equally effective with flowering-plants, and far less trouble when once 

 planted. M., in Florist and Pomologist. 



