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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



No. 12 Bed.— Plant with Gesneriana Tulip, scarlet with blue centre, intersect with the Dark Italian 



Wallflower, and edge with Alyssum Saxatile Compacta. 

 No. 13 Bed. — Plant with Double Tulips, either mixed or in circles, lines, or masses of distinct colours, 



intersect the bulbs with Myosotis, Silene, or Crocus, and edge with Blue, Purple, or Yellow Pansv. 

 No. 14 Bed. — Plant with Rex Rubrorum Double Scarlet Tulip, intersect it with Yellow Pansy or 



Yellow Crocus, and edge with White Daisy or Snowdrops. 

 No. 15 Bed. — Plant with La Candeur Double White Tulip, intersect it with Blue Myosotis, and edge 



^Yith Red Daisy, or Dogs-tooth Violet. 

 No. 16 Bed. — Plant with Yellow-rose Double Yellow Tulip, intersect it with White Myosotis, and 



edge with Blue Pansy. 



No. 17 Bed. — Plant with Double Tournesol Tulip, intersect with Collinsia vcrna, and edge with 

 White Daisy. 



No. 1 8 Bed. — Plant with Couronne de Pourpre Double Velvety-crimson Tulip, intersect with Yellow 



Italian Wallflower, and edge with Hen-and-Chicken Daisy. 

 No. 19 Bed (Square). — Formed into diamonds with Stachys lanata, the diamonds filled in with Tulips. 



CROCUS BEDS. 



No. 20 Bed. — Plant with Crocus, distinct varieties. If a circular bed, plant strong lines of Yellow 

 Crocus, radiating from the centre to the circumference, and fill in the spaces with white, purple, 

 and striped varieties, and edge Avith Snowdrops or Winter Aconites ; if the bed is square, or any 

 other foi-m, it may still be divided as suggested, or ▼aried according to the taste of the cultivator. 

 The Crocus will bloom very early ; therefore, to prolong the beauty of the bed, intermix Pansies, 

 blue, purple, yellow, and white, each colour distinct. 



No. 2 1 Bed (Square). — Formed into diamonds with Arabis lucida variegata, the diamonds filled in with 

 Crocus. 



ANEMONE BEDS. 



No. 22 Bed.— Plant with Single Anemones, either mixed or scarlet, and edge with Scilla Siberica. 

 This bed will most likely be in beauty in February, and continue a considerable time. If Silene 

 be planted with these, a display will be maintained until June. 



No. 23 Bed, — Plant with Double Anemones, either in colours or mixed : the scarlet variety of itself 

 makes a glorious bed ; or it may be used for separating the other colours, as we have recom- 

 mended the Yellow Crocus in No. 18 Bed ; or the colours may range in circles or masses. To 

 prolong the beauty of the bed until June, intersect the Anemones with Saponaria or Lim- 

 nanthes, and edge with Blue or Purple Pansy, or Yellow Crocus. 



RANUNCULUS BEDS. 



No. 24 Bed. — Plant with Turban Ranunculus, mixed or in distinct colours, as recommended for 

 Anemones, giving the scarlet the more prominent position. To prolong the beauty of the bed 

 until June, intersect it with Daisies, and edge with Arabis mollis variegata. 



No. 25 Bed. — Plant with Scarlet Turban Ranunculus, intersect with White Daisy, and edge with 

 Winter Aconite. 



NARCISSUS BEDS. 



No. 26 Bed. — Plant with Polyanthus Narcissus ; intersect these mth Primroses, Polyanthus, or Cow- 

 slips ; and edge with the variegated Arabis mollis, or the beautiful Narcissus Biilbocodium. 



No. 27 Bed. — Plant with Naixissus PcEticus, intersect with Collinsia grandiflora, and edge with 

 Phlox frondosa. 



No. 28 Bed. — Plant with Narcissus albus plenus odoratus, intersect with Pink Silene, and edge 

 with Grape Hyacinth. 



No. 29 Bed. — Plant vrith Iris Persica, intersect with Arabis mollis variegata or Arabis lucida variegata 

 and with circles of Scilla Siberica. 



PLANT BED. 



No. 30 Bed. — If circular, plant the centre with Blue Forget-me-not ; then divide the remainder of 

 the bed into triangles, the lines consisting of a double row of White Daisies, and the triangles 

 filled in with the Hnk and Red Daisy, the Purple, Yellow, and Blue Pansy; with a broad edging 

 of Arabis mollis variegata, or Arabis lucida variegata. This bed may be arranged in twenty 

 different ways. 



The foregoing beds may be modified in the arrangement of colours, and also by omitting the 

 intersections ; we would, however, in all cases recommend that the beds have a good edging, 

 and nothing is more telling than Yellow Crocus for this purpose. 



No. 31. — A few hints on a Spring border may be acceptable. If the border is of considerable 

 extent and well situated, it is, perhaps, more effective and pleasing than beds. Plant the back 

 line -with Polyanthus Narcissus thus, : • and the following in the same manner — 2ud line. Rex 

 Rubrorum, Double, Scarlet Tulip ; 3rd line, La Candeur, Double White Tulip ; 4th line. 

 Hyacinths in three colours ; 5th line. Double Scarlet Anemone ; 6th line, Yellow Turban 

 Ranunculus ; 7th line, Snowdrops ; 8th line, Winter Aconites ; 9th line, Dogs-tooth Violets. As 

 these will not all bloom at the same time, fill in between the lines in the following order : 

 1st, Blue Forget-me-not ; 2nd, Yellow Pansy; 3rd, Purple Pansy; 4th, Blue Pansy; 5th, Magpie 

 Pansy; 6th, Pink Silene; 7th, White Daisy. The Winter Aconite and Dogs-tooth Violet, if 

 planted close together, when done blooming their foliage will form a good edging. This border 

 may be arranged in a great vaiiety of ways ; for instance, Italian Wall-flower might be intro- 

 duced, besides many other early flower-plants. 



