PJBSTEIi HENDEBSON S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



Sedums, Mesembryanthemums, etc. , together with numerous low-growing Alpine plants, such as 

 Ajugas, Cerastiums, Lysimachias, Lobelias, Ivies, Alternantheras, etc., etc. This style of bed- 

 ding requires an immense number of plants. One bed in the carpet style at Battersea Park, con- 

 taining less than 1,000 square feet, required 4,000 plants to produce the desired effect in the de- 

 sign, and not a leaf of these were six inches above the lawn. Planting in this style admits of 

 unlimited variety in the form of the beds, and contrasts of color; so great is the care exerciser 1 



Fig. 11. — Ornamental Design, after Thompson. 



abroad in arranging the designs that colored papers, giving the exact tints of the leading flowers 

 and colored foliage, are supplied by the dealers, in order that colored designs may be made and 

 studied before putting them into execution; a single misplaced color may spoil the effect of the 

 whole. In works of this kind the parts of the design should be separated by well defined por- 

 tions of turf, as the color of each member of it is brought out more clearly and distinctly, and 

 the whole has a much better effect if a liberal amount of green is introduced. The two plans, 

 figs. 10 and 11, are introduced to give an idea of some of the simpler designs; the scroll-work, fig. 

 10, in various forms is much used, either near a drive, or as a margin or frame to more elabor- 

 ate work. 



Estimates at Special Plates roill loe given to those 



wishing to hny plants in large quantities 



for " 'Jlfiassing " or ^ibc online "Planting \ 



