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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. 



mentioned :— Standard or " dot " plants of Sumach, 

 variegated Maples, and Albizzia lophantlta, with in- 

 termediate 'plants oi Arundinaria japoiica, then filled 

 in with dark-leaved Cannas ; the outer margin, or front 

 of bed, to be Grevillea robusta and Yucca reciirva, 

 on a ground- work of Salvia argentea ; edging with 

 Solanum pyracanthum. An oval arrangement is as 

 follows : three large plants, equidistant through 

 centre, of variegated Abutilon ; then five plants of 



arrangement of dwarfer plants for a circular bed 

 consists of a central plant of Braccena australis ; next 

 three plants of variegated Yucca ; next six of Solanum 

 pyracanthum ; the outer line being six other Sola- 

 nums, alternated by six white Thistles [Chamcepeuce 

 diacantha) ; the edging to be a complete line of the 

 Fish-bone Thistle [Chamcepeuce Casabonce) ; and the 

 undergroAvth common Stone-crop [Sedmn acre). 



These arrangements will sufficiently indicate what 



Sicinus Gibsonii, also through centre ; then a line each 

 side of Fatsia japonica, commonly known as Aralia 

 Sieboldii ; the outer margin Centaurea candidissima, 

 filled in on each side of bed mth Solanum robustum, 

 in the centre of Solanum being one good plant of 

 Ferida communis. A circular arrangement is a central 

 plant of Eucalyptus globulus ; next three plants, of 

 variegated Phormium, with intermediate plants of 

 Melianthus major ; then a circle of Cannas; next a 

 circle of Solanum marginatum : and the bed filled out 

 with white and grey Thistles (Chamrepeuce diacantha 

 and ChamcBpeuce Casabonce). Another most elegant 



we mean by mixed planting, and will suggest other 

 arrangements. Moreover, it is not imperative that 

 a sub-tropical garden should be wholly composed of 

 foliage. This once was our view, but practice has 

 shown that it was a mistaken one — at least, so far as 

 our taste is concerned. We now use Sunflowers, in- 

 termixed with the Giant Hemp {Cannabis gigantea), 

 for greenery, the graceful and finely-cut foliage of 

 which makes a most perfect setting for the now 

 fashionable flowers. As a setting for single Dahlias 

 we use Ferida communis, the Fern-like foliage con- 

 trasting most beautifully with the broad foliage of 



