. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON BEDDING PLANTS. 205 to produce a charming display. In planting round beds it is a general rule to do so in circles,, using first one colour and then another, alternately, say, a circle of white Arabis, then one of yellow Alyssum, and then one of the blue Myosotis. Excellent effect is, however, obtained by filling beds with distinct families of plants; for instance, a bed filled with mixed Polyanthuses in various shaded of colour proves very attractive.; Wallflowers might also be used in a similar way. The followin
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON BEDDING PLANTS. 205 to produce a charming display. In planting round beds it is a general rule to do so in circles,, using first one colour and then another, alternately, say, a circle of white Arabis, then one of yellow Alyssum, and then one of the blue Myosotis. Excellent effect is, however, obtained by filling beds with distinct families of plants; for instance, a bed filled with mixed Polyanthuses in various shaded of colour proves very attractive.; Wallflowers might also be used in a similar way. The following are the most important of the spring-flowering subjects suitable for bedding: Alyssums.—The Golden Alyssum (A. saxatile compaduni) grows 6in. high, and in spring'is covered with golden-yellow flowers; it contrasts charmingly with the white Arabis and blue Aubrietia. Anemones.—Several of the Anemones are useful bedding plants, including A. blanda, with deep blue flowers ; A. apennina, with lovely light blue flowers; and A. coronaria, with flowers of various -shades of colour. This last-mentioned is one of the parents of the "florists' Anemones," which are indispensable for spring flowering ; the tubers should be taken up, thoroughly ripened, cleaned, and stored away until planting time. Arabis albida (white Arabis). is a compact plant, growing 6in. high, covered in spring with a mass of white flowers. The variety with variegated foliage is suitable- as an edging plant. Aubrietias. — These are charming dwarf plants for spring bedding, producing sheets of flowers of various colours, in- cluding blue, violet, purple, and rose-red. A. deltoidea (Fig. 107) has bluish flowers; A. Camp- belli and A. grtzca have purple flowers, and are of neat and effective habit; A. Leichtlinii is one of the very best of the family, forming perfect sheets of reddish- crimson flowers; it is splendid for massing and for edgings. The only drawback to the cultivation of Aubrietias for spr
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