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ideal groundwork for taller growing plants, such as 

 Carnations, Fuchsias, Wall-flowers, and many other 

 hardy plants. Long after these latter have ceased 

 blooming, and have been cut down or removed, the 

 Violas will still be growing and covering the ground 

 with their bright colours. 



Violas planted as a groundwork to Roses are simply 

 superb, and little by little the garden-loving public are 

 beginning to realise that beautiful harmonies may be 

 made by planting Violas of some of the beautiful soft 

 colours now obtainable around their Rose bushes, thus 

 not only ensuring a bright display when all else is 

 blank and uninteresting, but forming a delightful 

 spectacle when the Roses are in full bloom. 



There are many gardens which, at certain seasons of 

 the year, are to some extent blank and colourless, 

 owing to the plants therein either having flowered, or 

 not yet come into flower. By a suitable planting of 

 Violas, the uninteresting time may be bridged over 

 admirably, and the erstwhile wilderness turned into a 

 place of brightness, long before the Roses are in bloom. 



Then again, Violas planted in fairly large masses, 

 make an excellent foreground for all sorts of taller 

 growing herbaceous plants. Some of the " Fancy " type 

 of Violas planted in this way give splendid results. Or, 

 a groundwork of an orange-yellow Viola, say, " Miss 

 E. M. Cann," with a background of dark blue 

 Delphiniums, together create a splendid effect. 



It will be seen, therefore, that with a little thought 

 and by experiment, most delicious effects may be 

 obtained by means of the flowers of the Tufted Pansy, 

 no matter whether used by themselves or in conjunction 

 with other hardy plants. 



A point worth remembering in this connection is that 

 these flowers, which always turn towards the light, lose 

 much of their brightness and richness, and therefore to 

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