388 DRESSED OR GEOMETRICAL GARDENS. Paet III. 



In the above list I have noticed some of the flowers best 

 suited by their colours for the brilliant effect of geometrical 

 patterns ; but I have not thought it necessary to mention 

 those adapted to borders, as they belong to a different part of 

 the garden, and a different subject ; and though many suited 

 to beds are also grown in borders, many which are well 

 adapted for borders are too large, or too deficient in masses 

 of colour for the dressed beds. 



I have not entered into this subject with a view to give 

 all the necessary instructions respecting the laying out of 

 gardens ; this would require a more extensive notice than the 

 few remarks here introduced ; my intention has rather been 

 to show how advantageously form and colour may be combined 

 in formal beds, and how necessary is their proper combination 

 for giving full effect to the geometrical patterns of a dressed 

 garden. 



