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HOW TO SET OUT PLANTS 



Arrangement of Plants in Typical Border-Beds 



The business of setting out plants in the garden-beds is not 

 occult, but it requires a little skill, for the blooming must be 

 fairly well distributed so that those plants whose blossoming 

 time has not yet arrived may act as accompaniment or back- 

 ground to those whose turn it is. That the taller sorts should 

 be at the back, the lower ones in front, is obvious. They 

 must also stand at a suitable distance from each other and yet 

 be set with economy of space. 



The following diagrams will give an idea of the placing of 

 individual plants. If longer borders are desired the planting 

 can be repeated in the same order. Except where noted, the 

 planting is in groups of threes or fives, these being easier to 

 manage than even numbers. 



The chief point in setting plants in a garden-bed, aside 

 from planting them properly, is to see that the bed appears 

 well filled, that the blooming is fairly well distributed, and 

 that no part of the bed looks bare. If this happens it is an 

 easy matter to fill in with plants from the seed-bed or the 

 reserve garden. 



The diagrams which follow are arbitrary and are merely 

 to give an idea how the thing is done. 



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