WHERE TO PLANT 



other lines graduate in height, down to the lower 

 edging of the bed. 



It is no more difficult to plant effectively with per- 

 ennials and annuals the long wall bed, only 4 feet 

 wide, than it is to attain the desired effect in the 

 wider 7 by 28 foot open bed. This statement is not 

 for the purpose of advocating a 4 feet wide wall bed, 

 as one wider is preferable; but observe that in the 

 OPEN BED, after leaving the centre, each line is du- 

 plicated in order to give a well balanced effect to the 

 beds. This question of keeping the balance on both 

 sides of the open bed complicates the work of plant- 

 ing it. The WALL BED is different in this respect, and 

 easier to handle. 



The WALL BED, like other beds, can have Pansies 

 for early bloom in front, followed by some long-lived 

 annuals to make an effective finish and to bloom 

 without intermission until frost. 



Near the front of this bed there should appear a 

 taller row of annuals or perennials, possibly 15 inches 

 high, of three alternating periods. Farther back, an- 

 other line of annuals, or else annuals and perennials. 



Then at the rear of the wall bed a line of still 

 taller growth, such as early Cosmos or Miniature Sun- 

 flowers, mixed with the tall perennials against the 

 b,ackground. 



The foregoing suggests a plan for the narrowest 

 possible WALL bed containing perennials and annuals. 



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