THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



bed edged with sweet alyssum, variety, Car- 

 pet of Snow, botL of which must be sHghtly 

 trimmed from time to time, to be kept 

 blooming. 



Scarlet verbena. Defiance, in beds edged 

 with the same sweet alyssum. 



Lobelia fulgens, variety. Queen Victoria, 

 having scarlet flowers with bronze foliage, 

 the bed being edged with Centaurea gymno- 

 carpa, which is a silvery white plant. 



Browallia, speciosa major which is deep 

 blue in color, grown with dwarf yellow snap- 

 dragons. 



Tagetes, a very dwarf yellow and brown 

 marigold, grown with heliotrope of some 

 large-flowering dwarf variety of dark color. 



Snowstorm petunia and ageratum, variety. 

 Princess Pauline. 



Petunias in all shades of magenta and 

 magenta splashed with white, with calendu- 

 las growing back of them, and behind the 

 calendulas African marigolds. 



A quantity of the nicotianas planted to- 

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