150 FLOWER GARDENING’ 
a hundred kinds of flowers and yet use only a single 
accent—the daffodil in April, the columbine in 
May, the rose in June, the larkspur in July, the 
speciosum lily in August, the Japanese anemone in 
September or the chrysanthemum in October; one 
covers the ground sufficiently if it is enough for 
you. 
It requires no profound knowledge of garden ma- 
terial to work out these beautiful forms of garden 
expression ; not infrequently they come without con- 
scious effort. Blooming season, color, height and 
habit of growth are the important things to know, 
after the question as to what plants will do well in 
a given situation has been decided. 
The blooming season is easily determined. 
Color is much more difficult. It must be not only 
decided in tone but—unless the blossoms are very 
large—spread so profusely over the plant as to fur- 
nish solidity of effect. Whether the color is used for 
harmony, as lavender Canterbury bells with 
purple ones, or for sheer contrast, as white and 
pink foxgloves together, matters little, so long as 
there is no mixture other than the pardonable kind. 
This is letting, say, a white iris or two stray over 
into the adjoining colony of purple ones—just as 
if nature had had the ordering of it. While two 
kinds of one flower, or two kinds of flowers, are a 
safe rule it is not one to be adhered to rigidly; good 
taste can always settle that. 
Height is mentioned because even carpeting 
plants, such as Phlox subulata, may be used in 
