PLANTING 125 



shapes found on one side of a planting scheme 

 should appear exactly reversed upon the other or 

 opposite side, but only that the colors and shapes 

 of certain interest in a scheme should be balanced 

 by other colors and shapes of equal interest; in 

 fact, symmetrical balance is very seldom found in 

 informal planting. This may mean the employ- 

 ment of different plant material to produce a re- 

 quired effect. 



( Unity is achieved by keeping all the plants in 

 scale that is, more or less of the same size and 

 allowing one color and one quality to predominate.^) 

 Accent is really an unexpected arrangement, 

 something growing where it might not have been 

 expected, or in such a way as to increase the inter- 

 est, giving an added sense of pleasure.) Great care 

 must be exercised not to introduce it so frequently 

 as to destroy the large and simple relations of the 

 planting scheme. Where every member of the 

 scheme is clamoring for attention, the result is a 

 pandemonium in which no accent will appear. 

 ^ Accent is sometimes achieved by unusual group- 

 ing of shrubs, by single shrubs placed in advan- 

 tageous positions, and by the introduction of ex- 

 otic varieties. It may also occur in the use of 

 varying shape, color, and size, though the varia- 



