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latitude. Fortunately, there is an abundance of 

 plant material which will grow in any temperate 

 or tropical climate, so the natural limitations will 

 not be any great drawback. 



Since no color can rightfully be termed ugly 

 when considered by itself alone, how may one com- 

 bine colors to the best advantage? The laws of 

 repetition will apply here exact ly as they did to 

 form. 



Colors possessing a common element will har- 

 monize. Yet here are also glorious possibilities 

 for color clashes. If a costume contains three or 

 four different kinds of red, it is sure to be ugly. 

 Nothing could be worse than a bed of geraniums 

 of several different reds all fighting for suprem- 

 acy. To be sure, they possess a common ele- 

 ment, but it is too much in evidence. If of two 

 reds of much the same value and intensity, one has 

 a leaning toward blue, and the other a weakness^ 

 for yellow, confusion is bound to result if they are 

 used together. I t is much the same as close har- 

 monv in music : to many it seems discord. A very 

 "simple means of color analysis will prevent mis- 

 takes of this kind. 



A color may usuallv be s eparated into two parts, 

 its dominant note and its modifying note, the lat- 



