Gardening for Amateurs 



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Myosotis are always favourites for spring 

 bedding. Kinds such as Queen Victoria, 

 Royal Blue, Princess Maud, and Imperatrice 

 Elizabeth may be used alone or in combin- 

 ation with double-flowered Arabis, Iberis 

 semper virens or with red or white Tulips. 

 The dwarf pink Phlox Vivid may also be 

 used in conjunction with Forget-me-nots. 

 Other kinds of Phlox to use for spring bedding 

 are divaricata, amoena, and varieties of 

 subulata (The Moss Pink). 



Saxifrages such as the red Guildford Seed- 

 ling and the white Wallacei are appropriate 

 plants for spring bedding. They may be 

 used separately or as a mixture. Good 

 yellow flowers are found in Doronicum 

 austriacum and D. excelsum, but they are 

 rather tall growing and must be placed 

 accordingly. 



Wallflowers may now be procured in a 

 wide range of colours, but as a rule the rich 

 blood red, brown and gold, will be found the 

 most useful kinds. They are more effective 

 if grouped in beds of one colour than when 

 mixed, but if a companion plant is required, 



the taller-growing Tulips can be used. A 

 pretty little Wallflower is the dwarf yellow- 

 flowered Cheiranthus alpinus, whilst the 

 orange - coloured Erysimum Perofskianum 

 may also be used. 



Polyanthuses, in red, yellow, cream, white, 

 bronze and gold are amongst the most 

 effective and lasting of spring bedding plants. 

 They look well when planted as a mixture 

 or in single colours, and are quite as beautiful 

 without the addition of Tulips. Blue- 

 flowered Primroses and Primroses with 

 double white, lilac or red flowers may enter 

 into the bedding scheme. As a rule they are 

 better used alone than in combination with 

 other plants. 



Tulips and Narcissi may also be used alone 

 for spring bedding, particularly the early- 

 flowering kinds of Tulips. Narcissi, how- 

 ever, are always more effective when planted 

 informally in grass. Crocuses are very 

 suitable for grouping beneath shrubs in 

 places where the foliage can be allowed to 

 remain until it dies. Winter Aconites and 

 Snowdrops mixed, or used singly, are also 



Double white Arabis among Tulips. 



