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plants, on a carpet of Viola ; the Cannas should all be of scarlet, 

 yellow, lemon, or orange shades, showing variety in edgings and other 

 markings, for carmine and rose would be an inartistic mixture. Of 

 course, white Begonias would make a very lovely groundwork. 



Elegant waves of flower can be created by planting, as Fig. 2, 

 with white Marguerites on a ground of salmon Begonias, and making 

 Perilla nankinensis or handsome Coleuses supply the dot plants. 

 For a larger border there could be an undulating row of Dahlias, 

 Pompon preferably, or single Cactus, a ground covering of white 

 Marguerites, and the dot plants could be Aralias or Cannas. Scarlet 

 or yellow Dahlias would suit with Cannas. A very narrow piece of 

 ground might have deep rose Begonias for the waved line, dot plants 

 of crimson Prince's Feather, and a carpet of cream Nasturtium, cream 

 Drummond's Phlox, or Cream Cups (Platystemon californicus), the 

 last sown, not transplanted, as it is an annual that springs up very 

 rapidly. 



A more elaborate scheme is detailed in Fig. 3. If this were 

 made in a border backed by a wall or shrubs the one row of dot 

 plants would naturally be omitted. The inner portion A might be 

 of Phacelia cam pan ul aria, the ground B of white Candytuft, and the 

 dot plants thereon of pale rose Asters, with large-leaved Beet for the 

 centre row of dot plants. Another excellent effect is produced by 

 centre dot plants of variegated Abutilons in the midst of the royal 

 blue Phacelia, in which case the edging dot plants can be Pyrethrum 

 aureum. A gay smaller border could have dot plants of scarlet Ger- 

 anium, double for the middle line, single for the edge ; the spaces A 

 might be of white Begonias, Asters, Stocks, or Candytuft ; and the 

 ground B of Pyrethrum aureum or Sweet Alyssum. For a very large 

 space pillar Hoses or Hollyhocks of rose have a grand look for the 

 centre, surrounded by white Marguerites, and the edge B can then be 

 of pink or carmine Asters with Nicotiana affinis at intervals. Here, 

 again, is a chance for Sweet Pea enthusiasts, as clumps can supply 

 the place of dot plants ; while Iceland Poppies would make an ad- 

 mirable surrounding, with an outer ground covering of Pyrethrum 

 aureum, and the dot plants here could be single plants of Sweet Peas 

 trained up bamboos. 



A border of annuals that will succeed if sown quite late in 

 the season is suggested by Fig. 4. The groups of irregular shape but 

 fairly similar size should be sown with different double or single 

 giant Poppies of all red or red and white, then the ground F is 

 eminently suitable for a Mignonette display. Some Poppies to use 



