COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



called red of the old red Paeony (P. officinalis) is relegated 

 to the last group, the crimson and magenta, because, it 

 seems to me, to be more closely allied to these than to the 

 spectrum reds. Among these first reds, however, I have 

 put the rich dark red Sweet William because it seemed not 

 to belong properly in any other group. This has been the 

 case also with the deep terracotta Helenium autumnale 

 rubrum, and in the yellow and orange group with the 

 tawny Tiger Lilies and the fuscous Orange Day Lilies 

 (Hemerocallis fulva and H. Kwanso). With these excep- 

 tions I trust the chart will prove accurate enough to render 

 the making of lovely colour groups perfectly simple even 

 for the beginner, when used in conjunction with the illus- 

 trations and the text of the book. 



The third group, lavender and purple, includes lavender, 

 mauve (a pinkish lavender), pure purple like the colour of 

 Clematis Jackmani, and reddish purple like that of Iris 

 Crimson King, which is yet not red enough to be placed in 

 the crimson and magenta group. 



The blues are, as nearly as my eye can judge, pure blues 

 with but little admixture of purple in their composition. 

 The pinks are true pink, not leaning toward magenta, unless 

 some may cavil at the inclusion of Malva moschata. 



The last group, magenta and crimson, represents those 

 colours which are neither red nor purple but are closely 

 related to both. They are called variously and indiscrimi- 

 nately, as a rule, magenta, crimson, crimson-lake, rosy 

 purple, and amaranth. The flowers in this group will be 

 found to harmonize with each other, and with an admixture 

 of gray foliage and white flowers create lovely pictures. 



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