Cystal Palace Carpet Bedding Design from Thompson's Gardener's Assistant

A chromolithograph by G. Severeyns after a drawing by F.W. Burbidge depicting carpet bedding designs' for the gardens at Crystal Palace in Sydenham in 1875, The plants in the key are; 1. Coleus Vershaffeltii, 2. Pyrethrum Golden Feather, 3. Lobelia Blue King, 4. Altenanthera paronychioides, 5. Echeveria secunda glauca, 6. Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum, 7. Sedun corsicum, or Sedum glaucum, 8. Althernanthera versicolor, 9. Altenanthera amoena, 10. Lobelia pumila magnifica, 11. Cerastium tormentosa. From 'The Gardener's Assistant' by Robert Thompson, with this new edition revised and extended by Thomas Moore 'assisted by eminent practical gardeners' and published by Blackie & Son, London in 1878. The first edition of the Gardener's Assistant was published in 1859 and final version appears to be the 'new edition' published 1913 by The Gresham Publishing Company in six volumes.