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CASSELL'S POPULAR GAEDENING. 



little more labour attendant on the adoption of the 



two-seasons plan of hedding — ^suimner and -wintei? 



— than if one branch only were done, whilst the 



satisfaction and pleasure attendant upon furnished 



flower-beds in winter would warrant a far larger 



additional expenditure of both money and labom-. 

 To the success 



of the system, 



the first requisite 



is a. close study 



of what hardy 



plants are suited 



for association 



with the summer 



bedders, without 



imparting undue 



Bombreness to 



the general 



effect. Quiet 



beauty rather 



than gaiety is at 



nil times desir- 

 able ; but the 



other extreme of 



dulness in the 



summer season 

 must be guarded 

 against; and for- 

 tunately the 

 wealth of suit- 

 able plants is so 

 gTeat that, to all 

 ordinary obser- 

 vers, there is 

 little danger of 

 this even when 

 the garden has 

 to be arranged 

 after this two- 

 seasons plan. In 

 some cases this is- 

 not required, the 

 summer bedding 

 being all cleared 

 away first, and 

 the winter ar- 

 rangements be- 

 ing purely such. Under these conditions gi-eater 

 gaiety is better assured during the summer; and 

 as shrubs would then be the principal winter occu- 

 pants of the beds, they present a more fiUed-out 

 effect, but not so refined as when dwarf carpeting 

 plants are used. Therefore it is best to be con- 

 tent with a reasonable amount of summer gaiety, 

 and have the greater refinement and greater variety 

 In winter ; and not only this, but less labour of plar.t- 



SCALE OF FEET 



Fig. 8.— Desigh fob "Wistee Bedding 



Bummer Planting. 

 L. Ealsed edging and line of Herniarla gla- 

 bra (sreen). 



2. PyretErixm, GoldenFeather. 



3. Eeheverla secunda glauca, slightly raised 



and the interstices flllcd in with Sedum 

 glaucmu. 



4. Groundwork of Sedum acre elegans varie- 



Satum. 

 ternantbera mapniflca, with central 

 dot-plant of Grevillea robusta. 



6. Kleinia repens, with central dot-plant of 



Sempervlvuni avboreiim varieoatum. 



7. Echevena glauca metallica and centre 



JIant of Agave americanum variegata. 

 ternanthera aroabalis. 

 9. Kletnia repens and central plant of Agave 

 amencana variegata. 



ing in autumn when the summer garden is ovei. 

 This latter is the plan we have followed for years, 

 and it will perhaps be made more plain by the accom- 

 panying illustrative example. 



Design, Fig. 8, gives the summer and winter ar- 

 rangement of the same bed. It will be noted that 



summer plant- 

 ing is entirely a 

 foliage arrange- 

 ment, but it does 

 not follow from 

 this that the 

 same principle is 

 not applicable to 

 floweringplants ; 

 it is equally so, 

 but this arranger 

 ment is given 

 (both summer 

 and winter) as - 

 one we have re- 

 cently put in 

 practice, and 

 which proved at 

 both seasons as 

 effective as the 

 most exacting 

 taste could de- 

 sire. The Eche- 

 veria in No. 3 is 

 the only doubt- 

 ful plant as to 

 withstanding the 

 winter ; and in 

 nine seasons out 

 of ten it would 

 stand it planted 

 a little sloping, 

 or on edge, to 

 throw off rain, 

 which, lodging 

 on the crowns of 

 the plants, 

 proves far more 

 destructive to 

 the plants than 

 does frost. 

 The central bed, which in summer is marked 

 to be planted with Tree Succulents, such as Sm- 

 pervirnm arboreum, Sempervivum Sendersonii, and 

 others of similar habit, is one of the most novel and 

 telling features of the arrangement. The carpeting 

 or undergrowth to the tall succulents may be either 

 tufty-growing Sedums, or the flowering Mesambi-y- 

 anthemum conspieutm. Having tried both plants, we 

 certainly give preference to the former, flower* 



Wivtei' Planting. 

 l'. Same as summer. 



2, Same as summer. 



3. Same as summer. 



4. Same as summer. 



. Erica carnca, and small Golden Holly as 



a centre. 

 . ScdMu J^ydium (green), and centre plant 



of Retmospora pisifeTH aurea. 



lentral plant of Cu 



surrounded with ihe green Buonymus. 



.pi( 



7. Central plant of Cuprcssus erecta viridis. 



8. Sedum corsicura, 



9, Golden variegatei 



rrey). 

 Euonynius. 



