CHAPTER XXI 



THK VALUE OP A DEFINITE COLOR SCHEME IN THE GARDEN 



The idea which seems to prevail in most gardens is 

 to fill it with flowers and still more flowers, adding 

 whatever caprice of the moment dictates or whatever 

 novelty happens to strike the fancy from time to 

 time. The color relations which these new additions 

 may bear to the old inhabitants of the garden is ap- 

 parently little thought of, if indeed it ever occurs 

 to the owner of the garden that as long as a flower is 

 a flower and has individual merit there can be any 

 possible objection to its presence; in fact, with the 

 average gardener, it seems really to be a matter of 

 pride to possess as many varieties of plants as pos- 

 sible. But one has not learned the true art of garden- 

 ing imtil one learns to hold his hand and to go slowly 

 when adding to a garden's store. 



Especially is this true when the garden, as it ex- 

 ists, is a happy expression of color and beauty. It 

 is a safe conclusion that the average garden should 

 be subtracted from rather than added to. If the 

 garden in its entirety is the result of carefully 



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