PLANTING THE FLOWEK BEDS 17 



annual is most useful for putting in odd corners, 

 while patches of Linum grandiflorum, Pharcelia, 

 Salpiglossis, Godetia, Love-in-a-mist, Eschscholt- 

 zia, etc., are invaluable as a help in giving colour to 

 the beds. Dwarf Nasturtiums will form a lovely 

 edge, taking the place which double Daisies or 

 Pinks filled in the early summer, Petunias and 

 Lavatera are delightful in the late summer, also 

 Delphinium grandiflorum treated as an annual. 



There are so many different things to consider in 

 arranging a garden that it sounds very difficult 

 when you only read about it, but when you come 

 to the actual work, experience will soon teach you 

 what to look out for, and the study of your neigh- 

 bours' gardens will do much to show you what to 

 do, and what to avoid doing. 



The height, the colour and the time of flower- 

 ing have to be kept in mind when planting your 

 beds, and the study of the good catalogues of 

 herbaceous plants will be found an excellent guide, 

 as all the best nurserymen give these particulars. 



There are two great faults one often sees ; one 

 is that of having the beds not nearly full enough, 

 just separate plants at respectful distances from 

 each other, looking as if they had quarrelled ! and 



