220 MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



colors as lavender, mauves and especially blues for 

 the rear beds, as this will make them appear farther 

 away and so increase the apparent dimensions. 



Again, if one wishes to enjoy the novelty of a gar- 

 den of one color for a single season one may plant 

 as many different plants of the desired color as are 

 available and so form a wide working acquaintance 

 with the possibilities of that color and if, at the end 

 of the season, one finds that interest flags or that so 

 much of one color has become oppressive, then those 

 plants which least appeal to one's interest or taste 

 may be discarded and their place filled with white or 

 some other harmonizing color. It is rarely that one 

 will wish to discard a really good perennial, nor will 

 one easily tire of any good white, and white is the 

 one color that one can take long chances with — it 

 seldom needs uprooting to keep the garden peace. 



If one has room for experimental beds or borders 

 where flowers of one color can be grown for two or 

 more seasons — so that the perennials may have time 

 to express themselves — ^then the best of these may, 

 in time, find their way to the permanent garden either 

 to form a one-color scheme or to add their color note 

 to the mixed garden. 



