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THE FLOWER GROWERS GUIDE. 



and are largely superseding the more tender summer bedding plants in gardens. 

 Only comparatively few of the former are suitable for filling beds in conspicuous 



rig. 28. Plan op Country Gaeden. 

 Scale ^-incli = 12 feet, 



References to Plan. — 1 1 1, Front of Residence ; 2, Conservatory ; 3, Flower Border; 4 4, Vases ; 5, Bed ot 

 Begonias and Dracaenas ; 6, Group of Sub-tropical Plants ; 7, Dwarf and Standard Roses ; 8, Rhododendrons and 

 Lilium auratum; 9 9, Drive; 10 10, Shrubbery with margin of Mahonia aquifolia ; 11 11, Japanese Maples; 

 12 12 12, Flower Beds ; 13, Wellingtonia gigantea ; 14, Mulberry Tree ; 15, Yucca gloriosa ; 16, Salisburia adianti- 

 folia ; 17, Pampas Grass ; 18 18 18, Walk ; 19, Belgian Azaleas ; 20, Hardy Fernery ; 21 21, Margin of Ivy ; 

 22, Shrubbery ; 23, Hedge of Cupressus Lawsoniana ; 24 24, Bambusas ; 25, Herbaceous Border; 26, Bank of Roses ; 

 27, Retinospora plumosa aurea ; 28 28, Thuiopsis dolabrata ; 29, Tennis Ground ; 30, Lawn ; 31, Orchard ; 32, 

 Kitchen Garden. 



positions on lawns, and their proper place is in wide borders with, perhaps, a back- 

 ground of conifers or tall-growing shrubs. As will be hereafter shown, herbaceous 

 plants, as a rule, succeed the best, and flower the most effectively, under liberal treatment 



