PLANTS FOR 



care. The first flowers in truss will fade, and 

 their discolored petals will spoil the effect of the 

 flowers that come after them if they are allowed 

 to remain. It is not much of a task to go over 

 the plants and pull out these faded flowers every 

 day, but we are not likely to do this. I prefer 

 single Geraniimis to double ones for garden use, 

 because they drop their old petals, and never take 

 on the ragged appearance which characterizes the 

 ordinary bedding Geranium. 



" I would like a low bed — ^that is, a bed near the 

 path where it will be looked down upon. Tall 

 plants would be out of place there. Tell me of 

 a few of the best kinds for such a location." 



The Portulacca is weU adapted to such use, as 

 St never grows to be more than three or four 

 inches in height, but spreads in a manner to make 

 it look like a green carpet, upon which it displays 

 its flowers of red, rose, scarlet, yellow and white 

 with very vivid effect. This plant might well be 

 called a vegetable salamander, as it flourishes in 

 dry, hot locations where other plants would 

 utterly fail. It fairly revels in the hot sunshine 

 of midsummer. 



The good old Verbena is another very desirable 

 plant for a low bed. It is of spreading habit, 

 blooms profusely and constantly, and comes in a 

 wide range of beautiful colors. 



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