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equally effective. But in my opinion, if a fault is to be 
found with the Salvia patens as a bedding plant, it is its 
inability to withstand wet weather. Through that cause 
it is very often denuded of its flowers, but it very soon 
revives with a few bright days. Among other plants 
that are extremely useful for bedding purposes in the 
Topiary garden are the taller growing varieties of 
fuschias that are hardy enough to stand planting out in 
the flower garden, and more especially if the yews are 
old and large; fuschias planted either in clumps or 
massed alone in large beds with a groundwork of violas, 
or some other suitable plants, will give a very striking 
effect among yews, and they have the additional 
advantage of giving a good show of bloom during a 
mild autumn long after the majority of bedding plants 
have finished flowering, which is a quality that ought to 
recommend them in any garden as well as the Topiary 
one. In most gardens, variety of plants is considered a 
necessity in the work of bedding out, and space will 
not permit me to point out the special qualities of each 
and every different variety of plant that may be used in 
the embellishment of a Topiary garden, but I will give 
the names of a few that I have found most suitable and 
effective for bedding out in a garden where the yew 
‘tree is extensively grown. The different types of 
antirrhinums, both dwarf and tall growing varieties, 
calceolarias, cannas, begonias, heliotropes, yellow and 
white marguerites, gladioli, and the various varieties of 
geraniums. Geraniums, and more especially the ivy 
leaved varieties, should be given a place in the garden 
if beds that are suitable for them blooming well can be 
found for them. Grown as pyramids or trained over a 
wire framework three or four feet high, the effect is 
very pretty. 
In all the bedding arrangements of a Topiary garden, 
a natural appearance is a thing that should be studied 
