Garden planning and planting . ired. It would look delightful sown with ShirleyPoppies, of which the dwarf form is the most suitable. Nemesiastrumosa Suttoni, mixed Pansies, Carnations, Mignonette, are othersuggestions. Half-Moon Flower Beds,—The gracefulness of half-moon-shaped beds makes them especially valuable for lawn ornament,and they can be well placed springing out of the corners of grassplots large or small: two beds with the points opposite oneanother, only a narrow space being left for traversing between,can occupy the centre of a lawn or gravel square, with a rosepillar, or sundial
Garden planning and planting . ired. It would look delightful sown with ShirleyPoppies, of which the dwarf form is the most suitable. Nemesiastrumosa Suttoni, mixed Pansies, Carnations, Mignonette, are othersuggestions. Half-Moon Flower Beds,—The gracefulness of half-moon-shaped beds makes them especially valuable for lawn ornament,and they can be well placed springing out of the corners of grassplots large or small: two beds with the points opposite oneanother, only a narrow space being left for traversing between,can occupy the centre of a lawn or gravel square, with a rosepillar, or sundial, in the middle. The shape is easy to cut, simpleto fill effectively, and offers no obstacle t^ the working of the lawnmower or the setting of a tile edge. HALFMOON FLOWER BEDS 55 A formal filling is shown by Fig. 1. Dot plants of Nicotianaaffinis would look handsome : a, on a carpet of Phacelia campanu-laria, B, and edging, c, of Pyrethrum aureum. A bed sownin spring could have dot plants of the yellow 2-foot Lupin, Lupinus. luteus, a carpet of mauve Candytuft b, and an edge of Koenigamaritima (Sweet Alyssum). Sown annuals are used for Fig. 2, alarge space being necessary, and the varieties represented are:A, Lavatera trimestris rosea; b, Lavatera trimestris alba; c, white
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