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BEDDING PLANTS. 



related to its surrouudings. They seem unhappy for lack 

 of the foiiiieuial coiupauy they find in nature. 



As a rule, it may be said that ornamental planting of 

 this charactei', namely, bedding, should be restricted to the 

 immediate neighborhood of architectural structures and to 

 small city squai'es or greens, whei'e the rigid lines of the 



.- I ■ , BED OF OANNAS, COLEUSES, AND ACALYPHAS. 



neighboring masses of houses are inevitably, to the eye, 

 associated with the semi-artificial-lookiucj bedding. 



A favorable ari'angement for bedding plants will be 

 found directly against the wall of a large building. A solid 

 background always enhances the attraction of a mass of 

 bedding. First come the cannas. solanums, or other large- 

 leaf plants against the wall, then acalyphas, coleuses, 

 geraniums, and last pyrethrums and alternantheras. 



