The Winning Designs 
would constitute a feature worthy of any garden and 
if planted on the exquisite lines so often suggested by 
Miss Jekyll, and of which she says : ‘‘ To devise these 
living pictures with simple well-known flowers seems 
to me the best thing to do in gardening. Whether 
it is the putting together of two or three kinds of 
plants, or even of one kind only, in some happy set- 
ting, or whether it is the ordering of a much larger 
number of plants, as in a flower border of middle and 
late summer, the intention is always the same. 
Whether the arrangement is simple and modest, 
whether it is obvious or whether it is subtle, whether 
it is bold and gorgeous, the aim is always to use the 
plants to the best of one’s means and intelligence, so 
as to form pictures of living beauty.’’ 
Everything that makes for success or failure in such 
a border lies in its arrangement. It should cor tain 
no serried ranks of flowers marshalled as though in 
battle array. The groupings should be informal, 
light, and free. Colour arrangement should be studied 
to the extent of getting definite and pleasing combina- 
tions and eliminating harsh and violent associations. 
Such a border would of necessity have to be designed 
for the longest possible flowering period, and whilst 
the best effects would be obtained by using hardy 
perennial plants freely, some spaces should be left for 
spring bulbs and summer or autumn flowering annuals. 
There are two ways in which such a border might be 
arranged. The first is what is called the Graduated 
Colour Scheme. It consists of arranging a border 
exactly on the lines Nature treats all her effects. A 
majestic mountain, broad at the base, and clothed in 
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