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as it may, we will not stop to argue the matter further 

 than to state, that in a visit to England in 1872, it was 

 most evident that the " Carpet Styles" of massing plants 

 as done at Battersea Park, London, were interesting to 

 the people in a way that no mixed border could ever be. 

 Any one who has not yet seen the wonderful effects pro- 

 duced by the massing of plants in this way, has a treat 

 before him. Nearly all the public parks in and about 

 "London are so planted, and thousands of cottage gardens 

 vie with each other in imitation of the parks. But to 

 plant in patterns or in ribbon lines requires for immediate 

 effect a large number of plants, for the reason that they 

 must be so set out that they will meet to form continu- 

 ous masses shortly after planting. 



An illustration in circles (for convenience), is given in 

 fig. 8, to show what plants can be massed together to give a 

 pleasing effect. Of course 

 it will be understood that 

 a bed of any shape can be 

 planted in this manner as 

 well as circular beds, only 

 keeping in view the width 

 of the bed. For example, 

 a bed having a diameter 

 of ten feet may require 

 eight or ten different 

 kinds of plants to form the 

 necessary contrast, while 

 that of five feet will not re- 

 quire more than half that number. The following named 

 plants are well suited for planting in masses or ribbon 

 lines ; they are named as nearly as possible in the ordei 

 of their hight, number one in each case being the tallest. 

 Many of them will require to be "pinched back" to 

 keep at the proper hight, so that the outline will form a 

 regular slope from the center or highest point, down to 



Fiff. 8.— -DIAGRAM OF FLOWER-BED. 



