EXAMPLES OF PLANTING FLOWER-BEDS 
IN HYDE PARK IN 1905-6 
Bed 1. 
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers :—Hyacinths, margin of Saxi¬ 
frage. Day Lily, thinly planted, for bright green foliage growing up 
with and above the Hyacinths. 
2. Spring planting for early summer flowers :—Pansies for margin 18 
inches wide, the centre of bed planted with Ragged Robin. 
3. Summer planting for later summer and autumn display:—Large 
plants of Calceolaria Burbidgeii 8 feet high, Cassia corymbosa 6 feet 
high, Heliotrope 6 feet to 7 feet high, finishing off with Nicotiana affinis 
and sylvestris, Lantana Drap d’Or with Lilium longiflorum interspersed. 
Bed 2. 
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers Tulips, margin of Saxifrage. 
Iris germanica for foliage planted thinly with bulbs. 
2. Delphiniums, deep blue, 18 inch margin of yellow Pansies. 
3. Broad margin of Dell’s dark Beet, remainder of bed well planted 
with Cannas, Alphonse Bouvier, and Flambeau, brilliant crimson flowers. 
Bed 3. 
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:—Narcissus Emperor with a 
6 to 1 mixture of Hyacinth King of the Blues, margin of Saxifrage. 
2. Broad margin of Pansies, remainder of bed filled with Erigeron 
speciosum. 
3. Large plants in pots of Ivy-leaved Pelargonium Madame Crousse, 
6 feet high, placed 5 feet apart. Margin and intermediate spaces planted 
with dwarf plants of a deeper coloured Ivy-leaved Pelargonium. 
Bed 4. 
1. Autumn planting for spring flowers :•—Hyacinths Czar Peter, 
light-blue, Gigantea blush, margin of Saxifrage. 
2. Dictamnus in two colours, about 2 feet apart, ground of bed 
Anemone coronaria margined with Saxifraga Camposii. 
3. Gymnothrix latifolia, Kochia scoparia tricophylla interspersed with 
Acalypha musaica. 
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