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come a matter of preference; so many flowers are 
available. 
There is no reason why preference should be 
kept down to one, two or three kinds of flowers a 
month; almost any number may be employed, ac- 
cording to desire and opportunity. As a rule a 
path will yield the maximum of pleasure if the 
chief accent is brought about by one or two kinds. 
This accent need not be employed for the whole 
month; there can be one, say, for the early part of 
it and another for the latter part. 
Thus April might disclose a drift of Arabis 
albida and another of Alyssum saxatile as a striking 
early note, with a straggling patch of tulips of one 
color for later in the month. The two drifts may 
run into each other; but the third colony would 
better be some distance away and on the other side 
of the path. This is partly because the early note 
will probably not have disappeared when the later 
one comes on and partly because the isolation of 
the special pictures permits a wider range of color. 
In this case, for example, the arabis and alyssum are 
white and yellow; but pink or red could be used for 
the tulips. 
May should have a marked fleur-de-lys note, first 
with the deep purple /ris pumila and later with one 
or two self-colored kinds of the germanica type. 
The Aubrietia deltoidea, Myosotis dissitiflora, 
Primula veris superba, Doronicum caucasicum, col- 
umbine and late-flowering tulips are also good for 
accenting. 
