COLOR HARMONY 



seed or bulb list as "slip-slop," and indeed the 

 name is none too hard for the descriptive mis- 

 takes in most of our own catalogues. Mrs. Sedg- 

 wick in "The Garden Month by Month" provides 

 a valuable color chart; so far as I know, she is 

 the pioneer in this direction in this country. Why 

 should not books for beginners in gardening af- 

 ford suggestions for color harmony in planting, a 

 juxtaposition of plants slightly out of the ordi- 

 nary routine, orange near blue, sulphur-yellow near 

 blue, and so on ? A well-known book for the ama- 

 teur is Miss Shelton's "The Seasons in a Flower 

 Garden." This little volume shows charming 

 taste in advice concerning flower groupings for 

 color. I look forward to the day when a serious 

 color standard for flowers shall be established by 

 the appearance in America of such a publication 

 as the "Repertoire de Couleurs" sent out by the 

 Societe Frangaise des Chrysanthemistes. To this 

 the makers of catalogues might turn as infallible; 

 and on this those who plant for artistic combina- 

 tion of color might rely. 



In the groupings for color effect given below 

 there has been no absolute copying of any one's 

 suggestions. To work out these plantings my 

 plan has always been, first to make notes on the 



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