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plant ; Glaucium Tricolor, the orange-red horn- 

 Poppy is also very effective; but be careful how 

 you employ the orange Marigold, for a little of it 

 goes a long way, and I have seen a long border 

 with a thick edging of Marigolds stretching out in 

 one unbroken blaze of orange, which positively 

 hurt one's eyes, and made one wish never to see 

 another Marigold ! 



Of red flowers we have none too many, their 

 brilliant colour is always welcome in a well-planned 

 garden, where there is sure to be abundance of 

 green background. 



Magenta is a very difficult colour, and should be 

 but sparingly admitted, if at all ; the magenta 

 Sweet-william and the magenta Petunias, are 

 terribly trying, and there is no reason why you 

 should grow them, when you can have the same 

 flowers in such far more pleasing colours, like the 

 salmon-pink Sweet-williams, and the dark velvety 

 purple Petunias. 



Pink flowers are always pretty, so long as they 

 are a clear pink either in shades of salmon-pink 

 or rose-pink, like the Lavatera ; but all muddy and 

 unclear looking pinks should be carefully avoided. 



Purple, lilac, and mauve are all welcome, and can 

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