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when a sense of distance in small space is to be produced, or 

 actual space exaggerated ; while yellow diminishes space in rather 

 more than inverse ratio, bringing even remote points forward 

 and into the picture, in a sometimes startling fashion. 



The kinds of flowers to plant are of course largely a matter 

 of individual preferment. Annuals, lovely though they may be, 

 can hardly be seriously considered in a composition that must, 

 primarily, be permanent in order to enjoy that charm which is 

 one of a garden's chief est — that exquisite mellowing, like fine 

 wine, under the 

 lapse of time. 

 And certainly the 

 mixing of hardy 

 perennials and an- 

 nuals is not advis- 

 able, though there 

 is no objection to 

 a few seeds of 

 some favorite 

 among the latter 

 being scattered in 

 a vacancy, or a 

 sparsely filled spot 

 in a hardy border. 



There is always 

 room for a little 



more, even in a well filled planting, and that is the chance which 

 the quick-growing annual may take advantage of; but as a 

 class, annuals should be kept by themselves. Certain borders 

 can be given up to them, such as the space above the early, 

 spring-flowering bulbs. After these have bloomed is plenty of 



Garden suggestion for a fifty-foot square; simple lines 

 are best whatever the area 



