THE GROWING OF THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 235 



The following list will be helpful to the beginner. It embraces 

 a number of the plants in common use for carpet-bedding, 

 although not all of them. The usual heights are given in inches. 

 This, of course, in different soils and under different treatment is 

 more or less a variable quantity. The figures in parentheses 

 suggest in inches suitable distances for planting in the row when 

 immediate effects are expected. A verbena in rich soil will in 

 time cover a circle three feet or more in diameter; other plants 

 mentioned spread considerably; but when used in the carpet- 

 bed, they must be planted close. One cannot wait for them to 

 grow. The aim is to cover the ground at once. Although 

 planted thick in the row, it will be desirable to leave more room 

 between the rows in case of spreading plants hke the verbena. 

 Most of them, however, need little if any more space between 

 the rows than is indicated by the figures given. In the list 

 those plants that bear free clipping are marked with an 

 asterisk (*) : 



hists for carpet-beds. 



The figure immediately following the name of plant indicates its height, 

 the figures in parentheses the distance for planting, in inches. 



1. Low-GROwiNG Plants 



A. Foliage Plants. 



Crimson. — *Alternanthera amcena spectabilis, 6 (4^6). 



Alternanthera paronychioides major, 5 (3-6). 

 Alternanthera versicolor, 5 (3-6). 

 Yellow. — Alternanthera aurea nana, 6 (4-6). 

 Gray, or whitish. — Echeveria seounda, glauca, IJ (3-4). 

 Echeveria metallica, 9 (6-8). 

 Cineraria maritima, 1.5 (9-12). 

 Sempervivum Calif ornicum, IJ (3-4). 

 Thymus argenteus, 6 (4-6). 

 Bronze brown. — Oxalis tropaeoloides, 3 (3-4). 



