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at hand in strong sunlight, but has a duller appearance 

 from a distance. The large flowers of some of the 

 plicatse, having a ground of white edged with another 

 color, are exceedingly beautiful when near by, but at 

 a distance the border is hardly noticed and the flowers 

 seem to be small white ones. The selfs and simple 

 bi-colors are best for distant effects. 



Delicate colors will be effective at a greater distance 

 if they have a solid background to be outlined against. 

 See under Where to Plant, page 162. 



Profusion bright! and every flower assuming 

 A more than natural vividness of hue, 

 From unaffected contrast with gloom 

 Of sober cypress, and the darker foil 

 Of yew. 



Wordsworth: The Excursion. 



It also should be remembered that, as a rule, the 

 most floriferous varieties do not bear the largest 

 flowers (see under Blooming, page 153), and choice 

 should therefore be determined to some extent by 

 the planter's preference for size or number. 



The principal use intended also deserves a thought. 

 A variety (as, Mrs. H. Darwin, Monsignor) which so 

 crowds the flowers on the stem as to give a bunchy 

 appearance, may be effective in the garden, but stems 

 of a variety with flowers less closely spaced are more 

 desirable for the vase. See also under Cut Flowers 

 in Chapter XI. 



