PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE 



great deal of white. I have no combina- 

 tion more beautiful than that of hydrangeas 

 flowering side by side with the pale little 

 lilac wild asters of our northern fields. 

 This little aster, by the way, which is 

 charming even under the most adverse 

 conditions, is luxuriant in a cultivated 

 border. Each plant sends up a dozen or 

 more stalks three feet high, which are 

 covered with such a riotous mass of fairy 

 flowers that they look as if enveloped 

 in a cloud of lavender foam. A group 

 of these plants blooming beside a gray 

 boulder with a snowy mass of hydrangea 

 overhead is a garden picture worth having. 

 In the repetition of groups, again, as 

 in the proportion of colour, it is safe to 

 apply the rules of decorative art, for one 

 must have balance and proportion in 

 form, as well as in colour, to make the 

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