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little more laboiu- attendant on the adoption of the 

 two-seasons plan of bedding — summer and winter 

 ■ — than if one branch only were done, whilst the 

 satisfaction and pleasvu-e attendant upon fiu-nished 

 ■flower-beds in winter would warrant a far larger 

 additional expenditure of both money and laboiu-. 



To the success 

 of the system, 

 the first requisite 

 is a close study 

 of what hardy 

 plants are suited 

 for associatiOH 

 with the summer 

 bedders, without 

 imparting undue 

 sombreness to 

 the general 

 effect. Quiet 

 beauty rather 

 than gaiety is at 

 all times desir- 

 able; but the 

 other extreme of 

 dulness in the 

 summer season 

 Tuust be guarded 

 against ; and f or- 

 tunately the 

 wealth of suit- 

 able plants is so 

 great that, to all 

 ordinary olxsei'- 

 vers, there is 

 little danger of 

 this even wlien 

 the garden has 

 to be arranged 

 after this two- 

 seasons plan. In 

 some cases this is 

 not required, the 

 summer bedding- 

 being all cleared 

 away fh-st, and 

 the winter ar- 

 rangements be- 

 ing purely sucli. Under these conditions greater 

 gaiety is better assured during the summer ; and 

 as shrubs would then be the principal winter occu- 

 pants of the beds, they present a more filled-out 

 effect, but not so refined as when dwarf carpeting 

 plants are used. Therefore it is. best to be con- 

 tent with a reasonable ' amount of summer gaiety, 

 and have the greater refinement and greater variotv 

 in winter ; and not only this, but less labour of pi;;!- - 



SCAUE OF FEET 



Fig. 8.— Design for "Winter Bedding. 



■ur Phiutimi. 

 iiid line of Heniiaria 



Siimi 

 1. Rai>cd odi-'ing 



bra (irrcenX 

 -'. Pyretbruin. GoldeiiFeatlier. 



3. E;-hcveria .-^e^•lmda irlaiu-a. slightly raised 



and the. interstices lilled in with Sediun 

 glaiu'uiu. 



4. Groundwork of Seduniacre clegans varie- 



gattini. 



5. -Mternanthcra luaenifica. with central 



dot-]ilant t)f GreviUea rolnista. 



6. Kleinia repens, with central dot-plant of 



Seiupervivuni arhoreiini varief?atum. 

 r. Eclieveria glaiica luetallica and centre 



I'lant of Agave anipricaniim variegata. 

 S. Alternanthera anialialis. 

 9. Kleinia repens and central plant of Agave 



aiuericana variegata. 



ing in autumn when the summer garden is ove?. 

 This latter is the plan we have followed for yeaa-s, 

 and it will perhaps be made more plain by the accom- 

 panying illustrative example. 



Design. Fig. 8, gives the summer and -ninter ar- 

 rangement of the same bed. It will be noted that 



simamer plant- 

 ing is entirely a 

 foliage arrange- 

 ment, but it docs 

 not follow fi'om 

 this that the 

 same principle is 

 not appKc^ble to 

 fi o weri n g plant s : 

 it is equally so, 

 but this aiTange- 

 ment is given 

 (both Slimmer 

 and winter) as 

 one we have re- 

 cently put in 

 practice. and 

 which proved at 

 both seasons as 

 effective as the 

 most exacting- 

 taste could de- 

 sii-e. TheEche- 

 veria in Xo. 3 is 

 the only doubt- 

 ful plant as to 

 withstandingthe 

 winter : and in 

 nine seasons out 

 of ten it would 

 stand if planted 

 a little sloping, 

 or on edge, to 

 throw oflf rain, 

 which, lodging 

 on the crowns of 

 the plants, 

 proves far more 

 destructiA-e to 

 the plants than 

 does fi'ost. 



The central bed, which in summer is marked 

 to be i^lanted with Tree Succulents, such as Scm- 

 pervivum arboreum, Semperririan Scndcrsonii, and 

 others of similar habit, is one of the most novel and 

 telling features of the arrangement. The carpeting 

 or imdergrowth to the tall succulents may be either 

 tufty-growing Sedums, or the flowering Jfescmbri/- 

 anthemion consplcuum. Having tried both plants, we 

 certainly give preference to the former, flowers 



Wtiilo- Planting. 

 1. Same as >uniraer. 



Same as summer. 

 .-). Same as siimmc)-. 



■4. Same as summer. 



o. Erica carnca, and small Golden Holly as 

 a centre. 



6. Sedinn Lydiuni (greenX and centre plant 

 of llctinospora pisifern aurea. 



'. Central i<lant of Cupressus erecta viridis, 

 surrounded with the green Euonymus. 



8. Sedum corsicum (.grey). 



;•. Golden variegated EuoDymus. 



