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■splcuum, and tlie outer portion ■witli Mesembryanthc- 

 mum cordifolmm variegatmn. This arrangement we 

 have proved to he in all respects most pleasing and 

 lasting. 



A more formal arrangement, which, under certain 

 conditions as to place and surroundings, is some- 

 "times desirable, is as follows : — A circular hed of 

 medium size, and at the outer edge divided into six 

 parts or points, from each of which draw a semi- 

 circle, the six recesses thus formed heing edged with 

 JCleinia repens, and the outer circular edge with 



plantea iii regular mixture the smaller class of 

 succulents, such as JEcheveria, Peacockii, E. fariuosa, 

 Kicinia tmnentosa, and as standards the variegated 

 SemperviviMn arboremn variegatum, the carpet of margin 

 being Sedum corsicum, grey. "Fiova. this flat margin 

 the soil is gradually raised in the mound-shape 

 shown in the illustration, and at regular intervals 

 are planted standard succulents, the centre being 

 Ymca aloefolia variegata, and the other large ones 

 Sempervivum arboreum, S. Hendersonii, 8. wbicum, 

 S. cmiarimse, Echeveria metallica, and Agave ameri- 



SuccDLEST Bed at Heckfield Place, Winchfield 



Echemria semnda and Sedum glaiicum. In the 

 centre of each recess put a large plant of Echeveria 

 glauca metallica and Agave ainericana variegata, alter- 

 nate, surrounding the Echeverias with Tachyphytum 

 braeteosmn, and the Agaves with Echeveria Feacockii, 

 filling out the recesses in which are the Agaves with 

 Sedum corsicum, and the others with Sedum acre 

 elegans variegatum ; the points formed by making the 

 recesses to be filled out with Kleinia repens, and the 

 central part of the bed with tall succulents, after the 

 manner advised in the first arrangement, the under- 

 growth to be either Sedum Lydium or Herniaria 

 glabra. 



An arrangement for a large bed is that shown in 

 the illustration. This bed is fifteen feet in diameter, 

 and has a raised edging of Serniaria glabra ; then a 

 flat margin fifteen inches in width, on which are 



cana variegata ; the intermediate spaces being filled 

 in with any kinds, after no particular order, except 

 to fill out the space evenly. The undergrowth of the 

 inner portion of the bed is the small mauve-eolour- 

 flowered Mesembryanthemum cordifolium, and the outer 

 the variegated form of the same plant. The some- 

 what formal arrangement of the outer portion of 

 this bed is due to the fact that the surrounding beds 

 are of a geometrical description ; therefore, a very 

 gradual departure from that mode of design ■ was 

 necessary to make the two styles harmonise. 



Though we have never been able to recognise the 

 practice of mixing up succulents with ordinary kinds 

 of bedding plants, such as Geraniums and other 

 flowering kinds, as consistent with good taste, yet 

 we have used them with good effect in carpet bed- 

 ding patterns, as central and marginal plants for tho 



