. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE AGE R AT IT M. S c'xc'i'y (jnestiiiu ]ias two , si] tli(j (jiicsliuu whether the masking- of ])hint,s in Ihe Hewer — cij., the " bcddiiiy s\-steiii"—is worthy of respect as a feature in garden art, lias not only two Lut many sides, There has been niucli said against it, and mueli that is true. Its advocates have not lacked argument and demon- stration in its favour. One thing- may Le said in its de- fence, wliile the hgure of the ag'eratum is before us, and it is tjiat the bedding system has brought int
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE AGE R AT IT M. S c'xc'i'y (jnestiiiu ]ias two , si] tli(j (jiicsliuu whether the masking- of ])hint,s in Ihe Hewer — cij., the " bcddiiiy s\-steiii"—is worthy of respect as a feature in garden art, lias not only two Lut many sides, There has been niucli said against it, and mueli that is true. Its advocates have not lacked argument and demon- stration in its favour. One thing- may Le said in its de- fence, wliile the hgure of the ag'eratum is before us, and it is tjiat the bedding system has brought into repute many pdants that Avere imkuown until it was discovered that they were adapted for massing, and while it has accomjalished thus much, it has also imjiroved them for the purpose. AgeratiDii , as figured in Sweet's " Mower Garden," (/. S'.J), is a poor thing as eonn)ared with the varieties that have been raised within the i)ast few years for bedding purposes; and, indeed, as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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