50 PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



of the most artistical planting of an English park. One 

 particular spot, which will not soon be forgotten, was a 

 ravine of considerable extent, well shaded by tall trees, 

 \yhere were planted immense plants of tree ferns, the 



Fig. 13. DESIGN FOB A BED. 



1. Walk. 4. Coleus, Verschaffeltii. 



2. Grass. 5. Coleus, Black. 



3. Coleus, Golden. 6. Coleus, Firebrand. 

 Or 3, 4, 5 and 6 can be alternations of crimson and yellow 



Alternantheras if desired. 



stems covered with Lycopodium, so exactly as to resem- 

 ble what would be their condition in nature. Behind 

 these and against the blue sky stood out strongly some 

 gigantic Palms, so that we had here again a glimpse of 

 what an Australian or Indian forest might be. In 



