BEDDING OUT DESIGNS 



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Portulacas. This is a fine model upon 

 which to plant as well as to sow a border ; 

 the groups could be of different- coloured 

 Asters or Stocks, and the groundwork of 

 different Violas ; the beautiful biennial 

 Scabious would also fill the spaces well, 

 and cream Violas could surround them. 



Pretty Borders of Bedding Plants. 

 Gardeners who have a large store of young 

 plants should employ some in spare borders, 

 which look quite as well as beds when 

 carefully filled. A simple pattern to sketch 

 out by means of cords and white pegs is 

 shown by Fig. 1, page 100. It allows for 

 the use of a number of different species of 

 plants. The dividing lines N might be 

 made with the Nasturtium Queen of Tom 

 Thumbs, which has crimson flowers and 

 silver variegated foliage, and the edging 

 lines o with King of Tom Thumbs, a dark- 

 leaved crimson. Each space thus left could 

 contain a variety of one or two plants only, 

 or a specimen of many kinds : A could be 

 deep blue Salpiglossis ; B, cream ; c, red ; 

 D, pale blue ; E, crimson ; then F could show 

 off white Phlox Drummondi ; G, cream ; 

 H, rose ; i, pale pink ; J, pale blue ; K, 

 yellow ; L, crimson ; M, maroon. For vari- 

 ous plants this would be a satisfactory 

 filling : A, maroon Scabious ; B, Nicotiana 

 affinis ; c, yellow Marguerite ; D, white 

 Marguerite ; E, yellow miniature Sunflower ; 

 F, rose Stock ; G, carmine Stock ; H, pale 

 blue dwarf Aster ; i, deep blue dwarf 

 Aster ; J, rose Godetia ; K, deep crimson 

 Godetia ; L, dwarf Ageratum ; M, Nigella 

 Lispanica; the lines N could be of 

 Golden Feather, Pyrethnun aureum, and the edging o of Echeveria 

 secunda glauca. This is a good design for sowing annuals in, 

 especially if the lines N and o are first planted with London Pride, 

 Pyrethrum aureum, variegated Arabis, or a mossy Saxifrage. 



