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ingly. When one desires a great diversity of color 

 then one must remember that white is a great peace- 

 maker and intersperse white flowers liberally between 

 any shades that have the least taint of enmity. 



It is seldom the case that one needs to discard 

 a favorite flower because of an inharmonious shade, 

 as nearly all flowers come in a wide diversity of 

 colors and tones and among these one may select a 

 suitable one. _. 



Where one is uncertain as to what to use or what 

 he really wishes in color the adoption of some one 

 color — say, yellow — ^with white will produce a charm- 

 ing color effect to which another year, if one's taste 

 has sufficiently crystallized, one may add another 

 color, say, blue or pink, and have a color scheme that 

 should be satisfying in the extreme. But the use of 

 one color in a garden is a, fascinating development of \ 

 color work and through its adoption one learns much; 

 of the possibilities along these lines, makes the ac-j 

 quaintance of many heretofore unknown members o^ 

 old families of flowers and finds it altogether a de- 

 lightful study. 



Or one may have a definite color scheme for eachl 

 season of the year — spring, fall — and fill the early! 

 garden with masses of brilliant colored tulips of the 

 desired color — scarlet or soft pink — ^with hyacinths to 

 correspond and the white of crocus and other bulbs,; 

 while the summer garden may be emphasized with 



