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on colo nial lines, one would expect to find box 

 hedges, th e rose of Sharon, or Mbiscus, rose arches , 

 p erennial phlox , peonie s, a nd hollyhocks (Fig. 25) . 

 For decades, all these plants have been so closely 

 associated with colonial gardens that their very 

 presence suggests the proximity of colonial ,archi- 

 tecture, and they serve admirably to carry out the 

 spirit of the scheme. 



In a French garden one always finds bedding 

 plants of gaudy colors, standard rose s, bays, and 

 clipped trees. 



A Florentine garden does not seem complete 

 without the ever-presen t cypress tree , box hedges, 

 laur els, crape myrtle, magnoKa, and flowering 

 plants in pots. In each of these cases the plant 

 material employed is distinctly different, and yet 

 distinctly characteristic of the class of problem in 

 which it appears. 



Balance and unity in plantin g^ are virtually in- 

 separable. The scheme must appear to hang to- 

 gether, and not be a number of loosely related 

 parts. This compactness and relation of the di- 

 visions of the planting scheme may be called unity, 

 and is achieved through balance. 



Balance may be secured through color and by: 

 sh ape. It is not necessary that the colors and 



