Junk 7, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
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bedding out in shade. 
Those who experience difficulty in keep- 
ine the shadowed portions of the garden 
more than neat during the winter months 
should take full advantage of summer’s 
opportunity for creating briglit masses 
ofcdour in those usually didl places. The 
great secret of bedding out in /shade is to 
make such thorough use of bright hues that 
the limited amount of light and the absence 
of any sunsliine no longer has a depressing 
effect. Tliere is no reason why stretches 
of ground under tall trees should not be 
some of the gayest, and it is beneath the 
kindly shelter from heat that chairs will 
be set or seats most occupied, bringing 
flower -lovers constantly into the presence of 
the floral achievements. 
The golden calceolaria—in its older amber 
form and the taller growing lemon-yellow 
C. Burbidgei or C. amplexicaule—stands 
out pre-eminently as the bedding plant for 
simulating sunshine where none can enter. 
When it is employed in conjunction with 
crimson and silver foliage, blue of the 
lobelia, lavender-blue of the ageratum, as 
so often witnessed, it is bound to part with 
much of its power to cheer; if massed over 
a large surface, with Pyrethrum aureum 
and yellow bedding pansies, the result will 
far surpass that of the older style. With 
a wide border of white bedding pansies, too, 
the calceolaria has a lively appearance. 
Tlie terra-cotta brown calceolaria is an¬ 
other most valuable flower if its peculiar 
merit is not frittered away. When asso¬ 
ciated with grey, silver, lavender, or white, 
the rich hue seems to lose all its distinction 
and serves but to show up those others. To 
see it at its best it should be accompanied 
only by beets, which will flourish finely out 
of the sun, or some flowers of its own 
bronzy-crimson, as Tom Thumb coreopsis 
triinson King, and some dwarf nasturtiums. 
It should be given an edging of some dull 
rose ^wer, such as Tom Thumb nastur- 
^m King Ruby or rose bedding pansies, 
the warmth of this combination will be wel¬ 
come to the eye in shadowed beds, for the 
tints usually seen under trees are cold ones. 
There are snapdragons, too, that are of 
immense service, all the maroons, deep reds, 
and pink varieties. Scarlet flowers, 
strangely enough, have a less cheerful look, 
although there are some that will thrive. 
For example, a perennial mass of scarlet 
geum, alternated with scarlet snapdragons, 
with corner clumps of montbretias, will be 
in flower in the diief montlis. Temporary 
scarlet bloomers include pelargoniums, but 
the soil should be made light with brick 
rubble and sand if naturally heavy and ad¬ 
hesive, or else the foliage will be produced 
too lavishly, at the expense of the blossom. 
Verbenas cannot be recommended; sweet 
peas bloom late in shadow but make beau¬ 
tiful backgrounds, and the fewer sprays 
they supply than in sunshine will be of per¬ 
fect, imbleached colour. Tropseolums can 
be fairly relied on, though tlie vermilions 
need more light and warmth than do the 
golds and the crimsons, but the miniature 
type, known as Liliput, wuU provide a vivid 
carpet. 
A pure white bed with a gold cai*pet has 
unique charm, and may be made with Pyre, 
thrum aureum and groups of nicotianas and 
white single petunias. Of course, perma¬ 
nent plants of suitable nature are excep¬ 
tionally numerous in white, including 
columbines. Chrysanthemum maximum, 
campanulas of the taller species, foxgloves, 
Jacob’s Ladder, galegas, achilleas, early 
chrysanthemums, and Michaelmas daisies. 
Special embellishments for summer use 
may include painted tubs of bedding plants. 
Those who wash to practise this method 
should avoid the common shade of green 
paint, and obtain the most vivid gn^s or 
pea green, which will not look garish in 
the shade. Brown paint of a ruddy hue is 
admissible, yet has a decidedly obtimsive 
effect, calling undesirable attention to the 
artificial introduction of receptacles. In a 
strictly ornate garden, by a modern villa, 
for example, white-enamelled tubs of beets, 
fuchsias, geraniums, marguerites, coloured 
nicotianas,^ and calceolarias w ill not be out 
of place, and any shadowed border can be 
considerably ligiiteiied by setting up a 
white trellis at the back. The Flame 
Flower, Tropseolum sp^iosum, should be 
permanently used for this trellis, but climb¬ 
ing nasturtiums can be added each summer. 
Old tree stumps, hollow^ed out, and stood 
on end, make satisfactory ornaments under 
tall trees; scarlet ivy-leaved pelargoniums 
will do well in them, while golden ivy should 
be planted at their feet and trained up 
the wood. Pillars of white-painted gas¬ 
piping, witli golden ivy alone trained up 
them, afford height and some beauty in the 
worst positions. The lower tree branches 
will often supply .arms from which to sling 
hanging baskets which, if well filled w’ith 
bedding plants cannot fail to please. 
Then by sinking relays of pot plants we 
can keep up a constant flower show'. Drip 
and draught, those great enemies of bed¬ 
ding subjects, can be endured for many 
weeks; if the pot beauties are stood out for 
as many more weeks in sunshine they wdll 
recover from any harm they have taken, 
and their new crop of buds will open per¬ 
fectly after they are resunk where condi¬ 
tions are adverse. In addition to pelar¬ 
goniums, marigolds, salvias, petunias, tall 
lobelias, asters, and stocks may be thus 
pressed into service. Begonias are unsuit- 
table w here there is drip, though when they 
have started to bloom they will continue 
to do so without direct sun heat. 
A few foliage carpet beds can be recom¬ 
mended soon as the striking displays of 
colour have been locate<l; most of the fami- 
li.ar minute silver, white, green, gold, 
bix>nze, and crimson-leaved plants will keep 
in health from May to November in sunless 
spots. 
A trial of some rare and delicate plants in 
combination should also be made in sha- 
dow'e<l beds away from trees; the aspidis¬ 
tras and Primula obconic.as of the green¬ 
house will be benefite<l by a summer out¬ 
ing; Plumbago capensis, and raimuluses or 
balsams, will furnish other beds. M. H. 
THE GARDENER’S HOUSE AT SAN 9 AW. 
