68 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



Figs. 6 and 7 (p. 70). The first might be of peach-coloured dwarf 

 Asters, with yellow Marguerites for the largest plants, and Beet or 

 Coleuses to form the ring in the middle. A very original and charming 

 colour harmony will then result. A plan to carry out this pattern in 

 a small bed would be to use pale pinkish mauve Violas, yellow Asters 

 or cream Stocks for the eight chief plants, with a ring of Iresine. 

 The second diamond filling is for a ground of gold Violas and dot 

 plants of white and crimson dwarf Asters ; the outer lines look best 

 of the white. 



A plain oval bed, such as Fig. 4, may be scarlet Phlox Drummondi, 

 with a centre oval of white Stocks and an edging line of either dwarf 



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white Asters or white Violas. In a giant bed the ground could be 

 pink double Geraniums, the centre dot plants white Nicotianas, and 

 the edging ones white Begonias. A bed all composed of dwarf blue 

 Cornflower, with dot plants of the fern-leaved variety of Golden 

 Feather, proved very pretty. 



Ordinary long-shaped beds, like Figs. 1 and 8, are generally most 

 successful when most simply filled. The first is lovely when made 

 with the variegated Sweet Alyssum and the pattern done with red 

 Begonias. A giant bed could have a ground of purple Stocks or 

 Asters and the pattern of white Marguerites. The second style of 

 filling is well adapted for crimson scarlet Geraniums on a ground of 

 Golden Feather, or can be beautifully composed of white Violas, 

 with dot plants of orange Iceland Poppies or gold Calceolarias. 



Round beds of any size can be filled on the simple plan of Fig. 5. 

 If the ground is of scarlet double Geraniums and the dot plants 



