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come a matter of preference; so many flowers are 

 available. 



There is no reason why preference should be 

 kept down to one, two or three kinds of flowers a 

 month; almost any number may be employed, ac- 

 cording to desire and opportunity. As a rule a 

 path will yield the maximum of pleasure if the 

 chief accent is brought about by one or two kinds. 

 This accent need not be employed for the whole 

 month; there can be one, say, for the early part of 

 it and another for the latter part. 



Thus April might disclose a drift of Arabis 

 albida and another of Alyssum saxatile as a striking 

 early note, with a straggling patch of tulips of one 

 color for later in the month. The two drifts may 

 run into each other; but the third colony would 

 better be some distance away and on the other side 

 of the path. This is partly because the early note 

 will probably not have disappeared when the later 

 one comes on and partly because the isolation of 

 the special pictures permits a wider range of color. 

 In this case, for example, the arabis and alyssum are 

 white and yellow ; but pink or red could be used for 

 the tulips. 



May should have a marked fleur-de-lys note, first 

 with the deep purple Iris pumila and later with one 

 or two self-colored kinds of the germanica type. 

 The Aubrietia deltoidea, Myosotis dissitiflora, 

 Primula veris superba, Doronicum caucasicum, col- 

 umbine and late-flowering tulips are also good for 

 accenting. 



