VINES FOR VERANDA DECORATION 139 
contains plants of individual merit, but absolutely 
unfitted for any part in such a combination. 
Now, you can use all these colours in certain 
arrangements so that you obtain a better general 
effect, and, at the same time, permit a greater 
appreciation of each separate hue. If you empha- 
size yellow in your hanging basket, do not attempt 
to use any colour but yellow, or white; white 
harmonizes with any colour. If you prefer blue 
flowers, use for contrast, white, or some green 
foliage plant; and similarly when aiming at scarlet 
effects. Don’t, under any circumstances, bring 
scarlet, yellow, and blue together and expect the 
result to be pleasing. 
In growing vines on veranda pillars, try to 
plant them with these same colour relations in 
mind. For instance, if you have a trumpet 
creeper (Tecoma) well established, don’t bring 
a blue or a yellow flowered annual so close that 
it results in a conflict of the two colours. Anything 
in a scarlet, crimson, or white will serve, but not 
a blue or a yellow. Make the changes in colour 
transitional, and drift from a blue to a white 
or a green, before introducing a red or a yellow. 
In general, let white or green act as the dividing 
or connecting colour. 
The use of hanging baskets is perhaps the 
