MISCELLANEOUS GARDENING ADVICE 

 COLOR 



COLOR IN MASS 



In a garden where bloom is required only for two 

 or three periods, for instance during July and August 

 into September, it is a simple matter to produce the 

 color effect in masses. For a longer space of time it 

 is impossible to give all the periods an equal repre- 

 sentation over each bed, except in small groups of 

 color, or single plants depending on size of bed. 



COLOR IN GARDEN 



To preserve harmony in the coloring of the garden, 

 orange and light red should be very sparingly used. 

 In fact, it is best to bar out any but dark reds. Un- 

 less one is truly an artist a safe rule for the use of orange 

 is to keep it close to pale yellow and white. 



In gardens where some beds may be viewed from 

 more than one point, study the effect of color com- 

 bination from all sides. From one position all may 

 blend well, from another point the eye may connect 

 discordant tones in two adjoining beds that were not 

 visible before. What more painful than a meeting of 

 orange and pink.? Or of pink and red Salvia? How 

 welcome the warm touch of dark red or maroon as 

 found in some Hollyhocks, Snapdragon, Verbena, 

 Dianthus, and an occasional Zinnia, feathered Celosia, 



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