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arate paper, set down the number or letter and 

 after it the name of the plant it indicates. The 

 number required of each can be readily ascer- 

 tained by allowing for necessary distance be- 

 tween plants on the plan itself. 



The planner will not proceed far with this 

 process before he will find it necessary, for the 

 sake of harmony in height and color, to con- 

 sider both qualities when he selects the various 

 plants he may desire. He will also be obliged 

 to consider soil and light conditions. He might 

 find, for instance, that what he desires is a 

 hardy perennial attaining a height of twenty- 

 four or thirty inches, whose flower is white, and 

 which will thrive in a heavy soil in a situation 

 exposed to the full rays of the sun. If such be 

 his requirement, based upon the idea of the ef- 

 fect as a whole, would it not be manifestly 

 absurd for him to select a plant attaining a 

 height of six inches or six feet, demanding half 

 shade for its welfare and producing a red 

 flower? Yet, absurd as the idea is, this is fre- 

 quently done and the planter, moreover, won- 

 ders "why he is not satisfied with the result 

 produced. 



So the planner, in selecting his plants, must 

 keep in mind not only the requirements of his 



