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colour that may be selected from among them, render them peculiarly suitable for carpet- 

 like beds and other devices not less effective than those formed by summer bedding 

 plants, and to the brilliant hues of which they give an agreeable contrast, while well 

 chosen specimens judiciously employed, introduce a now feature in summer bedding. 

 The combination is beautifully represented by Mr. Owen Thomas in Her Majesty's 

 flower garden on the east terrace of Windsor Castle, while beds furnished with 

 ornamental conifers and shrubs alone, instead of flowers, are highly effective on one of 

 the terraces of Drumlanrig Castle, as arranged by Mr. D. Thomson, gardener to the 

 Duke of Buccleuch. Winter bedding, on the lines indicated, is successfully carried out 

 by the Eev. W. Wilks, Secretary of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, in his garden 

 near Croydon ; and more extensively by Mr. George Stanton (for Mrs. Noble), at Park 

 Place, Ilenley-on-Thamcs. 



