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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



HYACINTH RIBBON BORDER. 

 No. G. — Plant the Hyacinths in wavy lines, selecting double or single varieties from those enumerated [ 

 from 94 to 113, and between the rows plant the following : — 1st, as an edging, Arabis mollis I 

 variegata; 2nd, between the first two rows of Hyacinths, Kcd Daisy ; .3rd. White Daisy; 4th, i 

 Blue Pansy; ."jth. Yellow Pansy; 6th, Purple Pansy ; 7th, White Silene ; 8th, Piuk Silcne ; j 

 9tli, Dark Wallflower or Purple Honesty. The plants so arranged without Hyacinths make 

 a glorious border, and so do the Hyacinths without the plants, but the combination increases 

 the effect, variety, and duration of the border. | 



TULIP BEDS. 1 

 No. 7 Bed. — Plant with Double Tulips, either mixed or in circles, lines, or masses of distinct colours, • 



intersect the bulljs w ith Myosotis, Silene, or Crocus, and edge with Blue, Purple, or Yellow Pansy. ! 

 No. 3 Bed. — Plant with Rex Rubrorum Double Scarlet Tulip, intersect it with Yellow Pansy or 



Yellow Crocus, and edge with White Dai.sy or Snowdrops. ! 

 No. 9 Bed. — Plant with La Candour Double White Tulip, intersect it with Blue Myosotis, and edge i 



with Red ])aisy, or Dog's-tooth Violet. ' ; 



No. 10 Bed. — Plant with Yellow-rose Double Yellow Tulip, intersect it with White Myosotis, and | 



edge with Blue Pansy. 1 

 No. 11 Bed. — Plant with Double Tournesol Tulip, intersect with Collinsia verna, and edge with j 



White Daisy. | 

 No. 12 Bed. — Plant with Couronne dc Pourpre Double Velvety-crimson Tulip, intersect with Yellow ', 



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

 No. 13 Bed. — Plant with Early Single Tulips, either mixed or in circles, lines, or rna.sses of distinct 



colours, intersect the bulbs with Myosotis, Silene, or Crocus, and edge with the lovely Scilla 



Sibirica, or a good self-coloured Crocus. 

 No. 14 Bed. — Plant with a good Scarlet Early Single Tulip, as Scarlet Due Van Thol or Vermilion 



Brilliant, intersect the bulbs with Yellow Pansy or Yellow Crocus, .and edge with Snowdrops. 

 No. 15 Bed. — Plant with Golden Prince Early Single Tulip, intersect these witli White Forget-me-not '■ 



or Scilla Sibirica, and edge with Purple Pansy. I 

 No. 16 Bed. — Plant with White Pottebakker Early Single Tulip, intersect with Blue Forget-me-not, ' 



and edge with Yellow Pansy, surrounded with a line of Red Daisy. ] 

 No. 17 Bed CO'ilof'K)' — Plant Early Single Tulips in geometrical figures, the lines planted with I 



Tournesol Double Tulip (No. 544) and the figures filled in with distinct coloured Early Single I 



Tulips, these intereected with Blue Forget-me-not, so as to cover the ground, and edged with j 



Yellow Pansy. t 

 I No. 18 Bed. — Plant with Silver Standard Early Single Tulip, a beautiful variegated variety, | 



intersect it with Blue Pansy, and edge with Red Daisy, or intersect with Blue Forget-me-not, j 



and edge with Red Daisy. j 

 No. 19 Bed.— Plant with Gesneriana Tulip, scarlet with blue centre, intersect with the Dark Italian | 

 Wallflower, and edge with Alyssum Saxaiile Compactum. 

 i No. 20 Bed (Square). — Formed into diamonds with Stachys lanata, the diamonds filled in with Tulips. 

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I TULIP RIBBON BORDER. 



I No 21. — Plant the Tulips in wavy lines, selecting double or single varieties. Those recommended ' 

 I for " Tulip Beds" are all exceedingly fine sorts, but as a more extended selection may be i 

 ' desired, we recommend the Paxtonian single and the double varieties named in the body of the | 

 catalogue ; and as wc cannot improve on the arrangement of the plants suggested for the 

 Hyacinth Ribbon Border, we recommend their being associated in a similar manner with the 

 Tulip. 



CROCUS BEDS. 



No. 22 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, i 

 and striped varieties, and edge with Snowdro|)s or Winter Aconites ; if the bed is square, or any 

 other form, it may still be divided as suggested, or varied according to the taste of the cultivator. | 

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

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

 ; No. 23 Bed (Square). — Formed into diamonds with Arabis lucida variegata, the diamonds filled in with 

 Crocus. 



ANEMONE BEDS. 



No. 24 Bed. — Plant with Single Anemones, either mixed or scarlet, and edge with Scilla Sibirica. 

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

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

 No. 25 Bed. — Plant with Double Anemones, either in colours or mixed : the scarlet variety of itself 

 I 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. 26 Bed.— Plant with Turban Ranunculus, mixed or in distinct colours, as recommended for 

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

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



No. 27 Bed.— Plant with Scarlet Turban Ranunculus, intersect with White Daisy, and edge wuh 

 Winter Aconite. 



