be increased, but its beauty will never be very great. As no 
two gardens are identically alike, no stringent rules can be laid 
down for the achievement of a picturesque arrangement. 
Adaptability to existing conditions, and the power to see and 
use the natural beauties of the ground to the greatest advantage, 
are essentials to success. 
I have endeavoured to give hints on the employment of 
many bulbs and blossoming trees, and of all the most effective 
garden flowers, such as Lilies, Roses, Irises, Campanulas, etc., 
and to supplement, as far as possible, some of the omissions in 
my former book “ Garden Colour.” 
Where my own knowledge has been inadequate to deal 
with certain. subjects, friends have been good enough to contri- 
bute papers, which have greatly added to the value of the 
book, and I take this opportunity of thanking them cordially. 
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