A FEW USEFUL HINTS 191 



VARIOUS 



When employing contrasts always take care that 

 the weaker colours are in the majority. 



Blue, mauve, or violet coloured flowers should 

 never be used alone for dinner-table decorations, as, 

 beautiful though they are in daylight, they lose their 

 effect entirely under artificial light. 



Never put two vases opposite one another either 

 on a table or in a room. It is in the art of placing 

 objects irregularly but still preserving the artistic 

 balance that the Japanese and Chinese workers are 

 so far ahead of all others. Oriental work is never level 

 and never crowded, indeed it sometimes seems to err 

 on the side of skimpiness ; but it is always artistic. 

 The smaller the garden or greenhouse the more 

 important it becomes, before adding to stocks, to 

 consult the lists contained in this book, as good 

 varieties take up no more room than inferior ones 

 and are invariably easier to grow. 



Owing to the fact that most of the varieties 

 enumerated are the best, and therefore much in 

 demand, they may sometimes be difficult to procure, 

 but they can always be obtained. 



