102 LANDSCAPE GAEDENING 



there will be too little variety (except in case of 

 formal planting, where form is the principal con- 

 sideration), and monotony will result. 



The problem may be stated in another way: il 

 values be similar, considerabl e color range is per- 

 missibla::. and if the colors be similar, the values 

 need not be restric ted. In this very point it may 

 be seen that the impress of a designer's person- 

 ality and sense of discrimination may be stamped 

 upon a gard^a, for Nature does not discriminate, 

 but plays all the trump-cards possible at every 

 turn. Nature limits herself only by conditions- of 

 growth; the landscape-designer should be less ec- 

 lectic. Unity in a design will impress the be- 

 holder with a sense of fitness and completeness. 



Accent in color may be secured in two ways, 

 eitiier by emphasizing the predominating color by 

 a s trong intense note of the same hue o r^ by eon- 

 faastin g a compleme ntary hue with the ..maJaiL. 

 color note.. Of the two methods the contrasting 

 will give the stronger accent. A change of value 

 will increase the emphasis in both cases. Where 

 the contrasting method is employed, it is not al- 

 ways necessary to use the exact complementary, 

 or greatest possible color contrast, for sufficient 

 accent may be secured without going to such an 



