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large, they will cancel each other at anything 

 but short range. 



The finest colour effects are to be sought 

 rather in harmonies, which offer a much wider 

 opportunity for broad, rich, and conspicuously 

 telling display, both for close inspection and 

 for distant effect. 



The construction of harmonious colour 

 schemes is not so much a matter of rule as of 

 feeling, and a sense for colour is by no means 

 universal. On the contrary, it is a somewhat 

 rare gift, and it is not surprising, therefore, 

 that a goodly proportion of gardeners make 

 mistakes. Fortunately, however, most people 

 who are not colour blind can recognize a good 

 colour effect when they see it, though they may 

 be powerless to originate one. 



The treatment of a bed or border must to 

 some extent be governed by circumstances, 

 and by the number of different colours avail- 

 able. It is not desirable that every square 

 foot of soil should cry aloud at the top of its 

 voice. Here we may make a subtle harmony 

 of subdued tints, the beauty of which will 

 appeal only to the near spectator: there we 

 may strive for a more insistent note of 



