Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist . arge specimen plants in painted boxes. At 3, 4, and 6, groups of Roses, bedding-out plants ofbroad, showy foliage, or flowering shrubs, such as Hydran-geas, which continue long in bloom. At 5, the centre piece, there is a large flower-bed forScarlet Geraniums, Feverfew, etc., surrounded by a borderof Irish Ivy, kept in line, so as not to exceed 12 to 18inches in width. Such borders of Ivy, if employed in the right place,and well kept in order, are a magnificent ornament
Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist . arge specimen plants in painted boxes. At 3, 4, and 6, groups of Roses, bedding-out plants ofbroad, showy foliage, or flowering shrubs, such as Hydran-geas, which continue long in bloom. At 5, the centre piece, there is a large flower-bed forScarlet Geraniums, Feverfew, etc., surrounded by a borderof Irish Ivy, kept in line, so as not to exceed 12 to 18inches in width. Such borders of Ivy, if employed in the right place,and well kept in order, are a magnificent ornament to agarden, and, according to theii- location, may be kept 3 and4 feet wide. A very little covering in winter will keepthe foliage, of the right sort, in very good order. In the large squares, plainly sodded, that are in thegardens of the Louvre and the Tuileries, at Paris, thereis no other ornament but such borders of broad-leavedIvy, established at 3 to 4 feet from the walks, and leftrunning about 2 to 3 feet wide; and they make, with thedark green or the lighter turf, a most striking show. 24 PRACTICAL DESIGNS FOR OENAMEISTAL GROUNDS. 25 At 7, on the floor of the terrace, and protected by the
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