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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



inner border, crim- 

 son achyranthes or 

 coleus; loops, Cen- 

 taurea gynmocarpa ; 

 wedge-shaped por- 

 tions, scarlet gera- 

 nium. 

 No. 15. — Suitable for 

 a corner. Border, 

 red alternanthera ; 

 second row, Alter- 

 nanthera aurea 

 nana ; third row, 

 red alternanthera ; 

 center, Echeveria 

 Californica. 



No. 16. ■ Border, 241. Carpet-bed for a bay or recession in the border 

 crimson alternan- planting, 

 thera (another border of j^ellow alternanthera might be placed 



inside of this) ; 

 ground, Echeveria 

 secunda glauca; 

 inner border, Oxalis 

 tropjEoloides ; cen- 

 ter, Alternanthera 

 aurea nana. Or, 

 inner border, Eche- 

 veria Californica ; 

 center, crimson al- 

 ternanthera. 

 No. 17. — Another 

 bed intended to fill 

 an angle. Its 

 curved side will 

 also fit it for use 

 with a circular de- 



242. Another circular carpet-bed. sign. Border, dwarf 



