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angle, which it is needless to say must be the case for 

 the design to be effective. The planting arrange- 

 ment here given is an exact copy of one actually 

 done very recently ; but a greater number of hardy 

 plants would be used had we to do it again, and the 

 Lobelia would be left out entirely, because of its 

 failure before the end of the summer. This design 

 is also an excellent one to fill wholly with hardy 

 plants for the winter ; and if we were called upon to 



thus are formed the six flat-iron-like points, and 

 also the sides of the six triangular beds. The outer 

 sides of the triangles are formed by running the 

 string round the central stake, and so is the broad 

 line of the six pointed beds. Again we repeat that 

 exact measurement should be the first consideration. 



Plan I'ig. 7 may suit some tastes better, and 

 it is certainly much easier to plant, and the greater 



SCALE OF FEET 

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Fig. 6.— Carpet Bedding. 



Eaised edging of Herniaria glabra ; 1, gronnd-work of 

 Sedum glaucnm ; 2, Alternanthera amabilis latifolia ; 

 3, Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum, ard 

 a central plant of Ecbeveria metallica ; 4, Lobelia 

 pumila, dark blue ; 5, Pyrethrum, Gold Featber ; 

 6, Coleus or Iresine; 7, central plant, Dracaena aus- 

 tralis, surrounded with Centaurea candidissima. 



s-o furnish it, the edging would be as now, also No. 1 ; 

 then No. 2 might be the hardy British plant, Ajnga 

 reptans purpurea ; No. 3, the golden-tipped Stone- 

 crop, Sedum acre elegans, with a small plant in the 

 middle of it, of Emnymus variegata aurea ; No. 4, 

 Erica herbacea purpurea ; No. 5, as now. Gold 

 Feather Pyrethrum ; No. 6, small plants of Retino- 

 spora plumosa ; and No. 7, golden variegated Holl}'. 

 We have practically tested this winter arrangement, 

 and consider it a gem of the first water. 



The marking out here is done by first getting the 

 exact centre of the bed, into which a stout stake is 

 put for the purpose of describing the outer circle by 

 running a string round it : this line is then di\dded 

 into six parts, and a good peg is put at each divi- 

 sion, from which point another string measur- 

 ing to the next point is run round the peg, and 



Fig. 7.— Carpet Beddi^ij. 



1, Sedum glaucum, and Ecbeveria secimda glauca ; 2, Alter- 

 nantbera magnifica, and dot plant of Sempervivum 

 arboreum variegata ; 3, Alternantbera paronycboides 

 aurea, and dot plant of Ecbeveria metallica ; 4, Sedum 

 Lydium, green, and Pachypbytum bracteosum ; 5, Her- 

 niaria glabra, green, and Kleinia repens ; 6, ground- 

 work of Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum, 

 filled out with various kinds of tree succulents. 



width for colour makes it more suitable than Fig. 6 

 for distant positions. If the star part be made a 

 step higher than the circle, in the same way as 

 advised for raised edgings, and the star- edge 

 planted with Sedum glaucum, as well as the margin, 

 the effect would be greatly enhanced. This plan is 

 an excellent one for the small grass-plot of a villa, 

 the planting in such a position to be as follows : — 

 No. 1, Sedum glaucum; No. 2, edging of Gold 

 Feather Pyrethrum, with blue Lobelia in centre ; 

 No. 3, also Gold Feather edging with Ageratum in 

 centre ; Nos. 4 and 5, the green Herniaria glabra, 

 with small Echeverias planted in it; No. 6, a line of 

 smaU plants— pegged — of golden variegated Euony- 

 mus, and the middle, any bright-coloured Geranium, 

 which in winter time might be replaced with small 

 shrubs or a good plant of Yucca recurva. The only 



