PLANTING 125 



shapes found on one side of a planting scheme 

 should appear exactly reversed upon the" other or 

 opposite side, but only that the colors and shapes 

 of certain interest in a scheme should be balanced 

 by other colors and shapes of equal interest! ia 

 fact, symmetrical balance is very seldom found in 

 informal planting. This may mean the employ- 

 ment of different plant material to produce a re- 

 quired effect. 



Unitv is achieved by keeping all the plants in 

 scale — that is, more or less of the same size — and 

 allowing one color and one quality to Dredominate^ 



Accent is really .an unexpected .ar rangement, 

 something growing where it might not have been 

 expected, or in such a way as to increase the inter - 

 est, giving an added sense of pleasure, ^reat care 

 must be exercised not to introduce it so frequently 

 as to destroy the large and simple relations of the 

 planting scheme. ^Where every member of the 

 scheme is clamoring for attention, the result is a 

 pandemonium in which no accent will appear. 



Accent is sometimes achieved by unusual group- 

 ing of shrubs, by single shrubs placed in advan- 

 tageous positions, and by the introduction of ex- 

 otic varieties. It may also occur in the use of 

 varying shape, color, and size, though the varia- 



