THE CARPET STYLE OF FLOWER-BEDS. 35 



riety in the form of the beds, and contrasts of colors ; so 

 great is the care exercised abroad in arranging the de- 

 signs that colored papers, giving the exact tints of the 

 leading flowers and colored foliage, are supplied by the 

 dealers, in order that colored designs may be made and 



Fig. 11. ORNAMENTAL DESIGN, AFTER THOMPSON. 



studied before putting them into execution ; a single 

 misplaced color may spoil the effect of the whole. In 

 works of this kind the parts of the design should be sep- 

 arated by well defined portions of turf, as the color of 

 each member of it is brought out more clearly and dis- 

 tinctly, and the whole has a much better effect if a lib- 

 eral amount of green is introduced. The two plans, figs. 

 10 and 11, are introduced to give an idea of some of the 



