PLANTING OF LAAVNS AND FLOWER BEDS. 



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be set much farther apart, usually from nine to twelve 

 inches each way. All such planting must necessarily be 

 largely a matter of taste, although, of course, sharply con- 

 trasting colors make the most striking effects. As a rule, 

 it is best to have comparatively few colors, and this will 



Fig. 15. DESIGN FOB FLOWEE BED. 



1. Grass. 



2. Blue Lobelia. 



3. Dwarf Scarlet Tropaeolum. 



4. Grass. 



5. Alternrnthera paronychioides 



(Rainbow Plant), Crimson. 



6. Alternanthera aurea nana, Yellow. 



account for our recommending comparatively few varie- 

 ties of plants for the designs here given as examples. 

 One important point in all planting of this kind is to 

 trim the plants so that they shall form clear defined 

 lines ; that is, if they, in growing, overlap one another, 

 they must be pinched back so that each color shows 



