270 THE PLANT DECORATION OF APARTMENTS. 



or almost meeting across^ produced a very gracefal and 

 imposing effect^ while round tliem were arranged other 

 plants distinguished either by beauty of leaf or flower^ and 

 the groups at each pillar connected by single rows of dwarf 

 plants^ closely placed^ however, and well mossed in, as in the 



Fig. 108. 



Caladium mirabile. 



case of the more important groups. The very close placing 

 of the plants is a peculiar part of the arrangement — you 

 cannot notice any dividing marks or gaps, yet there is no 

 awkward crowding. The fact is that with an abundance of 

 plants distinguished by beauty of form, it is almost impos- 

 sible to make a mistake in arranging them. 



