THE GROWING OF THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 285 
The following list will be helpful to the beginner. It embraces 
a number of the plants in common use for carpet-bedding, 
although not all of them. The usual heights are given in inches. 
This, of course, in different soils and under different treatment is 
more or less a variable quantity. The figures in parentheses 
suggest in inches suitable distances for planting in the row when 
immediate effects are expected. A verbena in rich soil will in 
time cover a circle three feet or more in diameter; other plants 
mentioned spread considerably; but when used in the carpet- 
bed, they must be planted close. One cannot wait for them to 
grow. The aim is to cover the ground at once. Although 
planted thick in the row, it will be desirable to leave more room 
between the rows in case of spreading plants like the verbena. 
Most of them, however, need little if any more space between 
the rows than is indicated by the figures given. In the list 
those plants that bear free clipping are marked with an 
asterisk (*): 
Lists for carpet-beds. 
The figure immediately following the name of plant indicates its height, 
the figures in parentheses the distance for planting, in inches. 
1. Low-cGrowina PLANTS 
A. FoutaGe PLANTs. 
Crimson. — *Alternanthera amcena spectabilis, 6 (4-6). 
Alternanthera paronychioides major, 5 (3-6). 
Alternanthera versicolor, 5 (3-6). 
Yellow. — Alternanthera aurea nana, 6 (4-6). 
Gray, or whitish. — Echeveria secunda, glauca, 14 (3-4). 
Echeveria metallica, 9 (6-8). 
Cineraria maritima, 15 (9-12). 
Sempervivum Californicum, 13 (3-4). 
Thymus argenteus, 6 (4-6). 
Bronze brown. — Oxalis tropxoloides, 3 (3-4). 
