270 THE PLANT DECORATION OF APARTMENTS. 



or almost meeting across^, produced a very graceful and 

 imposing effect^, while round them 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 



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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. 



