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tints down to the strongest tones obtainable. Pansies 

 afford an excellent opportunity for this form of 

 planting and delphiniums another, as these shade 

 from purest white and pale blue down to the strong- 

 est ultramarine. Eoses give an infinity of shade 

 gradations and some very successful color rchemes 

 may be worked out with this flower. Where one has 

 the knack of so growing roses that they will give a 

 mass of bloom at one time the rose garden laid out 

 in concentric beds, surrounding a central bed of 

 tree roses is excellent, the roses shading from a richj 

 dark crimson of the center trees down through suc- 

 cessive shades to pale pink or pure white, as the 

 case may be, at the outer edge. Or the center may 

 be white, shading to dark red at the outer circle. 



Often it will be found necessary to employ more 

 than one variety of flowers to produce the desired 

 color gradation but this only adds to the interest and 

 tests one's knowledge of flowers or adds immensely, 

 to it. 



There is another point to be borne in mind in plan-" 

 ning the color effects of the garden and that is the 

 effect color has on the apparent dimensions of the 

 garden. The presence of white always brings the 

 planting nearer the eye, while blue retires it so that 

 where the effect of space is to be increased, as in 

 small gardens, it will be wise to plant the white and 

 bright colors near the front of the garden using such 



