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scarlet flowers "or buildings, and the gold should have no tint of 

 orange. In a perennial bed or border rose-pink Hybrid Pyrethrums 

 look delightful placed beside Trollius europaeus, Aquilegia chrys- 

 antha, and lemon Iceland Poppies ; rose Hollyhocks are grand 

 rising out of clusters of rose Phloxes, dwarf Sunflowers, Golden Rods 

 and Viola Ardwell Gem. Another year's bedding-cut will include 

 one combination of Calceolarias ancj pink Ivy-leaved or double 

 rose Geraniums. 



Many shades of crimson are shown by flowers and leaves : 

 there is the copper hue of the Copper Beech and various Chrysanthe- 

 mums, the maroon of the single Hollyhock, the magenta of crimson 

 Brompton Stocks, the claret of Hedera Helix purpurea, or Ivy, the 

 dull purple crimson of Malope grandittora, the handsome herbaceous 

 Mallow-wort, the true carmine of the Snapdragon, Antirrhinum 

 carmineum, and the perfect red crimson of Clove Carnations. 

 Great care must be taken not to grow different crimsons side by 

 side, as though all are beautiful in themselves, in company they are 

 discordant. 



That much-abused hue magenta is the deepest shade of 

 brilliant rose pink, so is best associated with it ; but cream is the 

 other colour that suits it excellently, as does also pale mauve or 

 lavender. Many so-called white flowers have the appearance of 

 cream, notably Spiraeas, also all the white flowers that have very 

 visible golden centres, such as Japanese Anemones ; silver foliage, 

 like that of Cerastium tomentosum, Stachys lanata, and the grey of 

 Pinks and Carnations, serves to intensify the brilliance of all pinks 

 and crimsons. 



Vivid rose and carmine on a green lawn are permissible, but 

 somewhat crude or violent ; if, however, copper foliage appears 

 as a background, or numbers of such crimson-leaved plants as 

 Beet are among them, the result will be artistic in the extreme. 

 Crimson-flowering climbers look best on a cream-white house ; if 

 placed on a grey house there should be clear yellow and cream- 

 white roses also, and it is an excellent plan to allow a Virginian 

 Creeper to make the foundation for the crimson. The popular 

 Crimson l\ambler never looks more pleasing than when it is 

 accompanied by a yellow or cream variegated Ivy, or has shrubs 

 of Golden Privet near. 



Scarlet in Borders. It has been claimed for scarlet that no 

 other colour is quite as effective in a border, and, whether this be 

 true or not, there is certainly a value about red in a land or garden 



