266 GARDEN PLANNING 



colour, with a view to producing a vivid note 

 in the general picture. 



It is with the warm tints that one can con- 

 trive the greatest wealth of colour effect. 

 Rose, crimson, scarlet, orange, and yellow 

 associate harmoniously and reinforce each 

 other. Lilac, lavender, mauve, purple, and 

 violet form another group equally suitable 

 for a rich concordance, or to contrast in the 

 mass with yellow. Whites are generally best 

 associated with the paler colours, such as 

 pinks, mauve, or primrose yellow. The pure 

 blues which we get In the gentian and delphi- 

 nium are best kept away from the mauve and 

 purple blooms. They are always difficult to 

 deal with in a harmonized scheme, and perhaps 

 had best be reserved for the few vivid contrasts 

 with which we may punctuate here and there 

 our colour picture. The rich scarlet which we 

 have in the lychnis and Oriental poppy will 

 furnish the other element of such a contrast. 



A combination of gentian blue with a pale 

 green foliage plant, like the common pyreth- 

 rum, is a somewhat daring but generally pleas- 

 ing contrast. The reddish mauves also com- 

 bine well with this coloured foliage. 



