CHOICE OF FLOWERS 



varying though they do, can more easily be assem- 

 bled In a single bed, because of their softness, 

 than we can put together a diversity of most other 

 species. The full reds will make the solferino 

 cheap, hence It Is better to sacrifice the one or the 

 other, removing It to a distant patch, If you like. 

 I do not understand the hostility to purples and 

 purple-reds that Is shown, and no doubt felt, by 

 so many people. It Is especially surprising that 

 women should object to them, because they al- 

 most invariably gain In bloom from a touch of 

 purple near the face. We have aniline dyes of 

 these tints that are unpleasant, but, then, most 

 of the anilines are unpleasant, and it is a good 

 part of them that they all fade so quickly. The 

 colors of the cineraria, which are ringed about 

 the petal edges of that daisy-like flower, and 

 which range from the blue of a June sky to deep 

 and splendid maroons, magentas and solferinos, 

 are superb — as pure and beautiful as sunset 

 clouds and twilight skies In high altitudes, 

 though differing in quality. We find these col- 

 ors, too, and their modifications, in petunias, 

 sweet-williams, centaureas, pansles and pyre- 

 thrums, and such tints are best grouped by them- 

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