Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist . Fig. 7.—DESIGN FOR FLOWER-BED IN A WALK.—{See page 2S,) established in front of a large green-house, or conserva- 26 PRACTICAL FLOEICUXTTJRE. toiy, and bringing together, in one single spot, all theflower-beds generally scattered over the lawn, on a largeplace. For privacy, it is surrounded by a belt of flower-ing shrubs. Two principal flower-beds, at 1 and 2, are intended tolbs surrounded by a small evergreen border, kept for itself,. Fig. 8.—FLOWER-BEDS AT THE JUNCTIO
Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist . Fig. 7.—DESIGN FOR FLOWER-BED IN A WALK.—{See page 2S,) established in front of a large green-house, or conserva- 26 PRACTICAL FLOEICUXTTJRE. toiy, and bringing together, in one single spot, all theflower-beds generally scattered over the lawn, on a largeplace. For privacy, it is surrounded by a belt of flower-ing shrubs. Two principal flower-beds, at 1 and 2, are intended tolbs surrounded by a small evergreen border, kept for itself,. Fig. 8.—FLOWER-BEDS AT THE JUNCTION OF WALKS.—(See page 2S.) and not to be considered as an edging ; small edging-boxmight answer best. At 3, there are recesses for statuary, behind which thefoliage ought to be of tbe darkest kind, to keep the whitestatuary well in sight. DESIGNS FOK ORNAMENTAI. IjrKOlTXDS. 27 At 4, similar recesses for seats of heavy timber. At 5, in front of the green-house, alternating with theflower-beds, are single, upright-growing evergreens, sym-metrically planted, such as Irish and Swedish Junipers,Taxus erecta, Podocarpus Japonica, Retinispora, etc. At 6, single specimens of shrubs of medium size, I
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