PLANTS FOR 



a very showy circiilar bed on the lawn when 

 grown in large masses, in the centre, surrounded 

 with flowering plants of a strongly contrasting 

 but harmonious color. The Calliopsis, rich 

 golden-yellow marked with brown, combines 

 charmingly with the dull, deep, rich reds which 

 characterize the foliage and flowers of the most 

 desirable varieties of this too much neglected 

 annual. There are new varieties advertised of 

 rather dwarf habit, with golden-green foliagcj 

 that could be used about the red-leaved kinds 

 with fine eff'ect. 



" I would like a bed of very brilliant flowers 

 for the front yard. Can't have many, for I 

 haven't time to take care of them, so want those 

 which will give the most show for the least 

 trouble. Would like something so bright that it 

 will compel people to stop and look at it. What 

 shaU I get? " 



An exceedingly brilliant combination can be 

 made by the use of scarlet Salvia, as the centre 

 of a bed six or eight feet across, with Calliopsis 

 surrounding it. The scarlet and yellow of these 

 two flowers will make the place fairly blaze with 

 color, and they will continue to bloom until frost 

 comes. They require next to no care. 



The annual Phlox makes a flne show if proper 



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