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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



In bed D (Fig. 98), No. 1 is filled in with Alternanthera 

 magnified; No. 2 with Alt. versicolor; No. 3 with Alt. amtzna; 

 Nos. 2 and 3 should also have a centre plant of Ficus elastica 



Fig. 



-Design for Carpet Bed (D). 



Aralia Sieboldii, or a small Palm ; No. 4 should be filled in 

 with specimen dot plants of Coleus, Perilla, Iresine, Centaurea, 

 Santolina, &c, planted in opposite pairs ; No. 5 should be filled 

 with Mesembryanthemum, and lined with Kleinia repens ; No. 6 

 with Sagina pilifera aurea; No. 7 with Mentha; and the ground- 

 work (No. 8) with Antennaria tomentosa, Sedum glaucum, or 

 Sedum lydium. 



Fig. 99.— Design for Carpet Bed (E). 



In Bed E (Fig. 99)^ No. 1 might be filled . in with Alternan- 

 thera major, and No. 2 with Alt. major aurea or Stellaria 

 graminea aurea; a row of from three to five plants of Chamse- 



