CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 



(See Chart I and Plate IV). A wider bed with addi- 

 tional lines will be all the more effective. See Plate IV. 



Another plan for continuous bloom in a narrow 

 (4-foot) bed against a background is the following: 



Rear Line. — Alternate Lily candidum* and Oriental 

 Poppies. In a very long bed add to the line three, 

 tall Delphinium, one at each end and one in centre. 

 Two Cleome seeds may be sown in each Poppy space, 

 when the latter die down. 



Next Line. — ^Alternate Anchusas Opal and tall Zin- 

 nias; in a very long bed, add to the line three groups 

 of pink Cannas in front of Delphiniums (three Can- 

 nas to a group). 



Next Line. — Fall-sown Larkspurs and Canterbury 

 Bells, alternating. 



Front Line. — Late Tulips, with Sweet Alyssum sown 

 early. 



SPACES REQUIRED FOR PERENNIALS AND ANNUALS 



In a full garden of continuous bloom, root-spreaders 

 like the Phloxes cannot be allowed to attain very 

 wide proportions, unless the beds are spacious. A 

 safe rule would be to keep the Phlox clump down 

 to about twelve shoots, except in a very large garden. 



A later chapter on "What to Plant" mentions the 

 nimiber of single plants or shoots that certain clumps 



* Uly candidum, will not survive the heavy shading of surrounding plants. 

 Stake adjoining Zinnias and Cleomes. 



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