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and white ; or white, orange, white and blue ; white, yellow, 

 violet and white ; or white, yellow, white and violet ; yellow, 

 red, white and yellow ; white, red, blue and white ; or, better, 

 white, red, white and blue ; white, orange, green and white, 

 or better still, by interposing white between the orange and 

 green ; white, orange, white and violet ; or, still more effec- 

 tive, white, orange, white and violet ; white, yellow, green 

 and white ; white, yellow, blue and white ; or the same com- 

 bination with the yellow and blue, separated by the white. 



These examples, which we might multiply indefinitely, will 

 suffice to make the laws clear that should be observed in this 

 sort of combinations. In cases where the absence of desirable 

 colours renders it necessary to associate those which are not 

 complementary, they may be advantageously separated by 

 white. We may add that in mixed bedding, where the colours 

 are generally some distance apart, the foregoing laws may be 

 more or less relaxed. 



Without entering into the arrangement of large plants with 

 ornamental foliage, and the crowd of tender species now em- 

 ployed in some establishments to form what are termed the 

 Sub-tropical and Picturesque gardens, we may indicate a few 

 of the plants that are easily obtained, and usually grown for 

 summer bedding purposes, 1 classified according to their colours. 

 There is a vast number of varieties with flowers of innumerable 

 shades and colours, of such genera as Pelargonium, Verbena, 

 Dahlia, etc. ; but for massing only those with distinct and 

 decided colours are admissible. 



a. ( 1 .) Plants with Red, Scarlet, Crimson, Cinnabar, etc., 

 Flowers. Begonia fuchsioides, Cuphea eminens ; Dahlia, 

 many varieties, especially the dwarf and small-flowered ones ; 

 Pelargonium (Geranium) Tom Thumb, and many other varie- 

 ties ; Gladiolus, various ; Lantana Camara varieties, Lobelia 

 cardinalis varieties, Mimulus cardinalis varieties, Pentstemon 

 various, Phlox Drummondii, Tropseolum (Nasturtium) various, 

 Eoses in variety (pegged down), Verbena varieties, and Zinnia. 

 (2.) Carmine, Violet and Purple Reds, Rose, Cerise, etc. 

 China Asters, Balsams, Chrysanthemum roseum, Dahlias, 

 Linum rubrum, Mimulus cardinalis, Pelargoniums, Pent- 

 stemons, Phlox, Roses, Senecio elegans, Candytuft, Verbenas, 

 Tropseolum (Nasturtium). 



1 Further on will be, fonnd lists of hardy herbaceous perennials suitable for, 

 permanent beds, either in the mixed or massed style of planting. 



