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each other should be contrasts; and 
those which occupy corresponding 
parts of the same figure should be 
the same. For example, suppose a 
bed on one side of the centre to be 
planted with yellow flowers, the 
corresponding bed on the other side 
(the figure being symmetrical) should 
also be planted with the same kind 
of yellow flowers, for the sake of 
preserving the symmetry. Some- 
times the corresponding bed of 
colours may. be planted with a dif- 
ferent species, haying flowers of the 
same colour which appear at the 
same time, but in general this-can- | other by a space an inch: 
PASSERINA. 
to consider what colours are to be - 
placed adjoming it; and in choos- 
ing the colour for plants to be pla- 
ced in vases or pots, it is necessary 
to consider the background against 
which they are to be seen. For 
example, an elevated vase with the 
sky for a background should never 
be planted with either blue or purple 
flowers ; but orange or red flowers 
in such a vase will have an admi- 
cable effect. In botanic parterres, 
only one plant of a species or varie- 
ty is planted ; and that ought to be 
kept perfectly distinct from every 
two in 
not be done successfully, partly on | width being left all round it; but 
account of the different shades of | 1 m parterres for effect the whole 
colour, but chiefly because. it iS) Suxtace of the bed ought to be 
scarcely possible to get two plants | | covered with the same kind of 
of different species, even though | flower, and no part of the soil should 
they are of the same colour and | be seen. 
Hence, for this kind of 
flower at the same time, that will| parterre, low-growing plants, — and 
prove so exactly alike as to have | trailers, or creepers, such as Nie- 
the same aspect. The colours 
which contrast with one another 
are generally well known, parti- 
cularly to ladies ; such as blue and 
yellow, orange and purple, red and | 
green, &c.; and in practice any two 
colours which do not contrast well 
_ naturally, may be brought together 
or near each other by the interven- 
tion of white, or of a very dark 
colour approaching to black. Mig- 
nionette forms a good substitute 
for white, though there are many 
white flowers ; and Lotus jacobe\us 
forms the nearest approach to black. 
As the prevailing colour in garden 
scenery is green in all its different 
shades and mixtures, so the pre- 
vailing colour in parterres ought to 
be red, and all its various shades 
and mixtures. Next to red, yellow, 
orange, and all their-various shades 
and mixtures, ought to prevail, as 
contrasting with the blue of the 
sky, and with that of water, should 
there be any near the flower-garden. 
In choosing the colour for any par- 
ticular flower-bed, it is necessary | 
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| rembergias, and Verbenas, are most 
desirable; and free-flowering tall 
plants, such as Petunias and Dah- 
lias, ought to be pegged down. One 
of the most useful plants for pro- 
ducing white in parterres of effect 
is the common Petunia, and for red 
the different kinds of scarlet Pelar- 
gonium, or Verbéna Melindres. 
The laying out and planting of 
| parterres should always be attended 
to by the ladies of the place, because 
it requires a degree of taste and ar- 
tistical feeling which is very seldom 
to be found among some gardeners 
to a sufficient extent; and which, 
indeed, can hardly be expected in 
many of them. 
Pasque FLower.—See ANEMONE. 
Passert'na.— Thymele\e.—Spar- 
row-wort. Most of the species are 
Cape shrubs, which require a green- 
house in England, and should be 
grown in sandy peat; but one spe- 
cies, P. hirstita,is a native of the 
South of Europe, with small yellow 
flowers. They are all more curious 
than beautiful. 
