ELABORATE DESIGNS 



palms of varying sizes, the largest for the middle cross, the effect will 

 be tropically handsome. If the carpet of a tiny bed is of pale blue 

 Nemophila and the 

 dot plants of dwarf 

 royal blue Corn- 

 flowers, quite ^L 

 new scheme is 

 visible. 



Larger round 

 bed designs, be- 

 cause demanding 

 many more plants 

 to make their pat- 

 terns, lire sug- 

 gested by Figs. 

 2 and 9. Suppose 

 a ground had been 

 made of sown 

 Mignonette of a 

 dwarf kind, pale 

 blue Asters might 

 be inserted to form 

 the double lines of 

 the kind of cross, and the five larger plants could be of showy 

 double crimson sc.-irlet Geraniums, .to tone with the red in the 

 Mignonette. Fig. 

 9 gives an idea for 

 the employment of 

 many different 

 coloured varieties 

 of one kind of 

 flower. If dwarf 

 Asters were chosen, 

 A could be blush ; 

 B, yellow ; c, pale 

 lilac ; D, carmine ; 

 F, mauve ; G, 

 cream ; and H, purple, 

 green foliage subject. 



Effective square beds are easy to plant according to Fig. 3. It is 

 best to use two ground colours, for instance yellow Calceolarias at 



FIG. 3 



FIG. 4 



The dividing lines could be of Beet or a 



