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a portion of a design ; and are not intended to be a garden ; 

 which would require the introduction of side beds, similar to 

 those in Plate vm., though of greater extent and variety. For 

 to accord with the dimensions of this portion of it, the gar- 

 den should be made up of many similar sections, and the 

 whole be surrounded (as I have just said) by lateral beds 

 and ample terrace-walks. 



And having given the arrangement of the colours I shall 

 now add a list of flowers most useful for making the proper 

 combinations in geometrical beds, with the season in which 

 they blossom. 



The principal colours I have introduced are blue, red, 

 scarlet, pink, purple, lilac, yellow, orange, and white ; which 

 are the most effective for the purpose. Green is found in the 

 leaves of the plants themselves, and may be considered in most 

 cases as the ground to the other colours. 



But though the above mentioned are the most appropriate 

 for geometrical beds, various tones and hues of purple 

 and other colours may be used in some parts; and even 

 variegated and mixed flowers may occasionally be admitted, 

 as pink and white sweetwilliams, variegated tulips, red 

 and white carnation-poppies, garden poppies, dwarf larkspur, 

 Clarkia marginata (pink bordered with white); York and 

 Lancaster roses (pink and white, pegged down); viscaria 

 oculata (white with dark red eye) ; Graillardia grandiflora 

 hybrida ; Obeliscaria pulcherrima ; wallfloAvers ; China and 

 German asters*; amaranthus ; heartsease ; striped carnations ; 

 Collinsia bicolor, grandiflora, and multicolor ; Grodetia rosea 

 alba, &c. (see pink) ; lupins ; sweet peas ; and some others ; 

 though their effect is never so good as those of one brilliant 

 decided hue ; and they should only be used in a very large 



* See Blue, under which I have introduced them" into the list, from its being 

 the prevalent colour ; and like the African marigold, they are too useful not to 

 be mentioned among flowers suited to beds. 



