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extreme. It is merely a question of nice adjust- 

 ment, which .will depend largely upon the good 

 taste of the designer. 



Since accents are not conducive to unity^ in each 

 planting sch ftrnp) th^re shoulrl ^p n, f^i^tinptlv 

 lar ger amount of unify ing than accent planting.. 

 If this is done, the accents will brighten and tone. 

 up the whole, instead of seeming la^sirng^jEor 

 superiorit y. This is where iba, layman most SxBz 

 cjjuently errs ; his planting is a system of color ex-, 

 clamations . 



^Accents should never appear in filler shrubs, 

 since these are always a unifying element and 

 should not be disturbedji the accent must appear 

 either in the background or in the facer . Where 

 trees to be seen from a distance require accent, it 

 should always be given by a shrub facing. Even 

 though the accent colors differ widely from the 

 rest of the color scheme, it will be of advantage if 

 the dominating color note appears in them to a 

 slight extent. This will insure their perfect 

 amalgamation. 



If a planting scheme is on a large scale and di- 

 vided into distinctly separate parts, it wiU often 

 be well to allow the accent color in one scheme to 

 predominate in another: it will be a sufficiently 



