62 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



look awkward when set in corners, others that are just suited to 

 them ; a shield, oblong, or oval never looks well, but a diamond, 

 with one point to the corner, fulfils every need, a round is tolerable, 

 and so is a heart shape. 



Grouping beds successfully is a matter of some difficulty always, 

 and rules are not likely to meet all cases ; still it may be taken for 

 granted that when three beds lie together at the end of a lawn the 

 centre one should be considerably larger than the others, that the 



side beds of the lawn may be 

 longer, but should not be as 

 wide as the end ones, and thatl 

 there should be a >vide margin; 

 left round every bed. 



Round beds of annuals. 

 Annual fillings for beds can] 

 be of half hardy annuals, or of 

 the two types in mixture, butl 

 the last is less'satisfactory thani 

 either of the others, except! 

 when a bed is fully filled, all 

 but a carpet or edge, with* 

 transplanted half hardies, and] 

 that surrounding only is sup-| 

 plied by a seed scattering.; 

 A clear explanation of the] 

 different methods will be best gathered from the following^ 

 suggestions for planting a bed such as Fig. 1. 



Half-hardy annuals. These must all be planted out in May,j 

 from the seed boxes, frames, etc. A, Nicotiana affinis (white Tobaccoj 

 Plant) ; B, plants of Chilian Beet ; c, purple Verbenas ; D, mauvel 

 dwarf Asters ; E, French Marigolds ; F, white Phlox DrummondiJ 

 All the dot plants, except the four Chilian Beets, could be dwarferi 

 Beet, Ice Plants, or tufts of Iresine. 



Hardy annuals. These could be sown where required and thinned^ 

 out, or else the chief ones might be planted out from seed boxes J 

 A, Phacelia tanacetifolia (a tall grower with lavender blue blossom^ 

 heads) ; B, Zea japonica ; c, Eschscholtzia crocea ; D, Tom Thumbl 

 cream Nasturtium ; E, white Candytuft ; F, brown Nasturtiums, orl 

 deep crimson ones. All the dot plants in this case would bel 

 violet double Jacobaea or carmine Godetia. 



Two kinds of annuals in combination that would look well are 



FIG. 8 



