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ties which I must not neglect to mention — a 

 way that makes many of the difficulties only 

 apprehended after all, and never actually met. 

 This is the different time of bloom of the plants 

 used. Colors that clash are seldom or never 

 seen in a natural tangle of wild flowers for the 

 simple reason that the flowers which would 

 furnish unhappy combinations of color do not 

 blossom at the same time. Take this into con- 

 sideration in selecting and ordering. 



So color really need not be perplexing — 

 even with all its nice distinctions. Do they 

 seem too nice.? And does the garden planting 

 seem an appalling task with so much to be kept 

 in mind.f^ Actually it is much simpler worked 

 out in the way suggested than any haphazard 

 thrusting in here and there of this and that can 

 ever be; for nothing is harder work or more 

 confusing than trying to plant flowers in this 

 way. And the distinctions, far from being 

 overly nice, are perfectly obvious when the idea 

 begins to take shape — and color — outdoors in 

 the garden. 



The diagram appended, but more especially 

 the plant lists, may furnish first aid to the be- 

 ginner of a rather more direct nature than it is 

 possible to offer in any other section of selective 

 garden work. To annuals comparatively little 



