. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . r. For a moderate-sized plot thefollowing plants might be used: — No. 13. — Border, red alternanthera; second row, dwarf orange oryellow nasturtium; third row, Achyranthes Gilsoni, or Acalyphatricolor; central square, scarlet geraniums, with a border of Cen-taurea gymnocarpa; intervening spaces, grass. Instead of thesquare of geraniums, a vase might be substituted, or a clump ofSalvia 14. — Composite beds like this and the former are always sug-
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . r. For a moderate-sized plot thefollowing plants might be used: — No. 13. — Border, red alternanthera; second row, dwarf orange oryellow nasturtium; third row, Achyranthes Gilsoni, or Acalyphatricolor; central square, scarlet geraniums, with a border of Cen-taurea gymnocarpa; intervening spaces, grass. Instead of thesquare of geraniums, a vase might be substituted, or a clump ofSalvia 14. — Composite beds like this and the former are always sug-gestive. They contain various features which may readily be re-combined into other patterns. Sometimes it may be convenientto use only portions of the design. The reader should feel that noarrangement is arbitrary, but merely a suggestion that he mayuse with the utmost freedom, only keeping harmony in view. ForNo. 14, the following may be an acceptable planting arrangement:Border, Mme. Salleroi geranium; small dots, dwarf scarlet trope-olum; diamonds, blue lobelia; crescents, Stevia serrata variegata; 240 MANUAL OF GARDENING. inner border, crim-son achyranthes orcoleus; loops, Cen-taurea gymnocarpa;wedge-shaped por-tions, scarlet 15. — Suitable fora corner. Border,red alternanthera;second row, Alter-nanthera aureanana; third row,red alternanthera;center, EcheveriaCalif ornica. 1\0. 10. -DOr&er, 241. Carpet-bed for a bay or recession in the border crimson alternan- planting. thera (another border of yellow alternanthera might be placed inside of this) ;ground, Echeveriasecunda glauca;inner border, Oxalistropseoloides; cen-ter, Alternantheraaurea nana. Or,inner border, Eche-veria Calif ornica;center, crimson 17. — Anotherbed intended to fillan angle. Itscurved side willalso fit it for usewith a circular de-242. Another circular carpet-bed. sign. Border, dwarf
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