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the smallness of the blossoms. In this case the 

 small size really adds gracefulness to the plant. 

 Where the blossoms are small more are needed 

 to make a good effect, so improvements on 

 flowers with small blossoms should be made 

 along this line where needed. 



Everyone must be his own judge of harmony 

 in the colors of plants. Most persons have a 

 natural sense of harmony to direct them to the 

 combination of colors desired. 



White is harmonious with all colors. A deep 

 red is not harmonious with blue, except some- 

 times with a pale blue. The sense of distinguish- 

 ing harmonious combinations of colors has been 

 more developed since aniline dyes were intro- 

 duced. This is principally because with the ani- 

 line dyes almost any shade of color can be made. 

 Before their introduction the unusual shades 

 were not often seen, some of them never before. 



All the prismatic colors are beautiful and 

 attractive in their proper place. The delicate 

 shades of each of these colors are even more 

 pleasing to the average educated mind. Red is 

 the most insistent color. Yellow and orange are 

 next. White is insistent. Black is insistent. 



In selecting flowers the aim should be to select 

 those that are striking, harmonious, pleasing, 

 and new in respect to color. In order to be able 



