CHAPTER XI. 



BEDDING PLANTS. 



HE terms flower bedding, color bed- 

 ding, or carpet bedding are famil- 

 iar to every one who gives floAvers 

 the slightest consideration. Farm 

 door-yards and Newport lawns 

 alike disport themselves in the 

 gay but unfortunately often garish 

 colors of the coleus and geranium. 

 No need to advocate their use. They have achieved a 

 foothold that is not likely to be soon shaken. The uni- 

 versal delight in rich color is satisfied by their employment 

 and the expense of their employment is comparatively 

 small. 



. They have long ago come to stay. It therefore behoves 

 us carefully to consider here how they should be employed 

 in any definite attempt at a harmonious arrangement of a 

 well-appointed lawn. As we find them presented on many 

 grass plats, their appearance is vulgar, inharmonious, and 

 barbaric. The discord of color shocks one like an accumu- 



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