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Fig. 3, Circular Bed: A, Zonal Pelargonium Paul Crampel ; B, 

 Zonal Pelargonium Flower of Spring ; c, white-flowered or cream 

 tuberous Begonias ; D, tuberous Begonias, mixed colours ; E, white 

 Violas as a broad edging. 



The Same Bed Filled with Annuals. A, Eschscholtzias ; B, Godetia 

 Duchess of Albany, white ; c, Jacobea elegans alba ; D, Godetias, mixed 

 colours ; E, Nemophila insignis, blue, as a broad edging. 



Fig. 3, Oblong Bed: A, Fuchsia Mrs. Marshall; B, Zonal Pelar- 

 gonium Paul Crampel ; c, pink-flowered fibrous-rooted Begonias ; D, 

 blue Lobelia. 



The Same Bed Filled with Annuals. A, Salpiglossis, mixed colours ; 

 B, Linum grandiflorum rubrum ; c, Saponaria alba ; D, Mignonette as 

 an edging. 



Fig. 4 shows a long, narrow border. Such borders are formed near 

 paths as well as on lawns, and with Box or tile edgings. They may be 



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FIG. 4. Plan of a Narrow Border on a Lawn. 



planted with different kinds of plants in straight lines (to form ribbon 

 borders) or in scrolls, as well as in the way shown. A, Zonal Pelargonium 

 Henry Jacoby ; B, Heliotrope ; c, Zonal Pelargoniums Flower of Spring 

 or Little Dandy as an edging. 



The Same Border Filled with Annuals. A, Zinnia elegans grandi- 

 ftora robusta plenissima ; B, Phlox Drummondii, mixed colours ; c, 

 Tagetes signata pumila. The different kinds of plants recommended 

 will continue to flower throughout the summer months, so that there 

 will be no gaps or lack of blossom at any time, a very important matter. 



Distance Apart for the Plants. Zonal Pelargoniums, i foot ; 

 those used for edgings must be planted closer. Tuberous Begonias, 

 i foot to 15 inches ; fibrous-rooted Begonias, 8 inches ; Violas, 8 inches to 

 10 inches, according to the size of the plants when put out ; Heliotrope, 

 15 inches (these plants spread) ; Salpiglossis, 14 inches ; Godetias, 

 10 inches ; Nemophila, 7 inches. Mignonette must be thinned out to 

 6 inches apart from seedling to seedling. 



The Soil. This must not be made very rich for Zonal Pelargoniums ; 

 moderately rich for Heliotrope, Mignonette, Begonias, and Nemophila ; 



