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singly in 2|-inch pots in gentle heat. Plant out ! 

 late in May. 



Zinnias. — Z. Haageana imbricata flore pleno is a 

 dwarf branching variety with small bright orange 

 flowers, and showy in masses. The double large- 

 flowering robusta grandifiora and other varieties 



grow to a height of 12 to 18 inches, are continuous 

 flowering, and very beautiful ; colours various. 

 Pine for sunny beds or borders. Sow late in 

 April in very little warmth. Prom pans transfer 

 the seedlings to boxes, and plant out in good 

 ground late in May. 



CARPET BEDDING. 



" Carpet bedding " is a term that was popularly applied some twenty years ago when 

 beds were occupied with close-growing plants arranged in panels, colour being imparted 



Fig. 109. Combination Cakpet Bed. 



Planting. — Raised centre : Dracoena indivisa in a yellow cushion of Mesembiyanthemum (p. 223), encircled 

 by dark Alternanthera (p. 221), and dwarf Pcheverias (p. 223), then a broad grey band of Sedum glaucum (p. 223), 

 containing scarlet-berried Nerteras (p. 222), margined with "Pcheverias. Dark saucer-shaped groundwork : Her- 

 niaria (p. 222), with Pcheveria mounds and Chamsepeuce diacantha (p. 217). Eaised outer rim : a broad band of 

 Sedum glaucum, with Nertera, margined with Pcheveria secunda glauca. 



by the foliage of such plants rather than by flowers. The patterns varied extensively, 

 and some of them closely resembled those of carpets, the colours also being similarly 

 suggestive. The term " mosaic " was also applied to some of the beds, but did not 

 " catch on." The designs, simple at first, became more elaborate, and eventually coats 



