Amateur gardencraft; a book for the home-maker and garden lover . tral portion indicates a change that can be madethere that will add considerably to the effective-ness of the design. A little study of other de-signs will, I think, make them so plain that theycan be worked out with but little would suggest that before deciding on any 311 CARPET-BEDDING color-combinations, a rough diagram be made ofwhatever bed you select and that this be coloredto correspond with the material you have to workwith. Seeing these colors side by side on paperwill give you a better idea of the gener
Amateur gardencraft; a book for the home-maker and garden lover . tral portion indicates a change that can be madethere that will add considerably to the effective-ness of the design. A little study of other de-signs will, I think, make them so plain that theycan be worked out with but little would suggest that before deciding on any 311 CARPET-BEDDING color-combinations, a rough diagram be made ofwhatever bed you select and that this be coloredto correspond with the material you have to workwith. Seeing these colors side by side on paperwill give you a better idea of the general effectthat will result from any of your proposed com-. No. 4. binations than you can get in any other way, andto test them in this manner may prevent youfrom making some serious mistakes. It will be necessary to go over the beds everyday or two and remove all dead or dying is an item of the greatest importance inthis phase of gardening, or any other, for thatmatter. CARPET-BEDDING Large plants can be used in the centre of anyof these designs, if one cares to do so, with verygood effect. For this purpose we have fewplants that will give greater satisfaction than theDahlia. Scarlet Salvia would be very effective ifyellow Coleus were used about it, but it wouldnot please if surrounded with red Coleus, as the
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