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arranged in an indiscriminate mixture, but in sufficiently large quantities to be imposing. 

 Thus we would have beds of showy Zonale pelargoniums, edged or margined with other 

 flowering and coloured foliage plants ; more of the gold and silver variegated sections in 

 mixture with purple or blue violas or contrasted with iresines and coleuses ; yellow 

 calceolarias in moderation, or good substitutes in the form of tall and dwarf marigolds ; 

 verbenas either in mixture or in masses or bands of one colour ; tuberous begonias used 

 similarly to pelargoniums, with the fibrous-rooted kinds for edgings. With those 

 named a variety of other hardy and sub-tropical plants may be associated ; and two or 

 three carpet beds may also be included if thought desirable. 



Fig. 113. Mes. Myees' Flowee Garden, Benham Paek, Newbury. 



Naturally the dark bronzy purple and reddish shades of iresines, coleuses, beet, and 

 perilla form a good contrast to white flowering or silvery-leaved or variegated plants, 

 such as pelargoniums, centaureas, Cineraria maritima, begonias, white violas, white 

 verbenas, and cerastiums ; they also associate well with yellow calceolarias, yellow violas, 

 and golden and bronze-leaved pelargoniums. Pink and white, yellow and pink, yellow 

 and light blue, red and green, white and yellow, with gradations of the same shades, 

 harmonise admirably, and white may be safely used anywhere for dividing, breaking, 

 and showing off colours generally. 



