COLOR HARMONY 



petunia have their will below, with perhaps the 

 flat panicles of large-flowered white verbena, a few 

 spikes of the gladiolus Baron Hulot, and some 

 trusses of a pinkish-lavender heliotrope judiciously 

 disposed, and lo ! the ugliness of the magenta phlox 

 has been transmuted into a positive beauty and 

 become an active agent toward the loveliness of 

 the whole picture. 



What a lucky thing for us delvers into plant 

 and seed lists if the color tests of railways on a 

 more elaborate and delicate scale, to be sure 

 could be applied to the eyes of the writers of color 

 descriptions for these publications! The only 

 available guide to the absolute color of flowers of 

 which I happen to know is the "Repertoire de 

 Couleurs," published by the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of France. Of this there is soon to be 

 published a pocket edition; and the American 

 Gladiolus Society has a somewhat similar proj- 

 ect under consideration. Here we have in the 

 French publication a criterion, a standard; and 

 if this were oftener consulted the gardening world 

 of this country would be working on a much 

 higher plane than is the case to-day. 



So much for the range of color in our flower 

 gardens, for the relative and absolute values of 



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