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purple, mauve and yellow, orange and white, 

 and lavender and violet. 



The crude blue of the Delphinium contrasts 

 well with the vivid scarlet of the Lychnis, in 

 spite of the obviously primary character of their 

 colours. The Scarlet Thorn and Laburnum 

 go admirably in association, and the dainty 

 mauve blue of the Ceanothus finds a happy 

 colour companion in the Gloire de Dijon 

 Rose. 



There are, of course, countless possibilities 

 amongst the vast number of cultivated flowers, 

 and it is difficult to go wrong if the grouping 

 be done in sufficiently large masses, and the 

 gardener have some elementary knowledge of 

 colour. 



He will avoid such mistakes as planting his 

 scarlet Gladioli in company with pink and rose- 

 coloured flowers, and will keep the blues and 

 purples from near companionship. 



To secure uninterrupted succession of bloom 

 involves careful planning, particularly if no 

 conspicuous gaps are to be seen in the borders ; 

 but guided by his knowledge of the seasons of 



