194 THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



contrasts should be used sparingly and as brilliant accessories 

 rather than trustworthy principals. 



There is often a question about the suitability of variously 

 coloured creepers on house or garden walls. The same principle 

 of harmonious colouring is the best guide. A warm-coloured wall, 

 one of Bath stone or buff bricks, for instance, is easily dealt with. 

 On this all the red-flowered, leaved, or berried plants look well 

 Japan Quince, red and pink Roses, Virginian Creeper, Crataegus 

 Pyracantha, and the more delicate harmonies of Honeysuckle, 

 Banksian Roses, and Clematis montana, and Flammula, while C. 

 Jackmanni and other purple and lilac kinds are suitable as 

 occasional contrasts. The large purple and white Clematises 

 harmonise perfectly with the cool grey of Portland stone ; and so do 

 dark-leaved climbers, such as White Jasmine, Passion Flower, and 

 green Ivy. Red brickwork, especially when new, is not a happy 

 ground colour ; perhaps it is best treated with large-leaved climbers- 

 Magnolias, Vines, Aristolochia to counteract the fidgety look of the 

 bricks and white joints. When brickwork is old and overgrown with 

 grey Lichens, there can be no more beautiful ground for all colours 

 of flowers from the brightest to the tenderest none seems to come 

 amiss. G. J. 



