Colour Combinations for Garden and House 193 



brilliant turquoise blue. The young shoots with 

 leaves always flecked with pink, or wholly pink, 

 drape gracefully over bowls or vases or baskets, 

 softening the edges as only nature can. The 

 turquoise blue in strong contrast with small pale 

 yellow dahlias in a dark bronze Japanese bowl 

 makes a picture of which any Japanese might 

 be proud. 



Any one possessing a jar of unglazed and un- 

 decorated Indian pottery is indeed fortunate. In 

 it place one or two dahlias of any shade of pink or 

 yellow with a trailing spray of this berried grape. 



Vases for dahlias should be opaque. Stems 

 stripped of their leaves are not beautiful to 

 look at, and must be hidden. But vases, 

 though necessarily forming part of the picture, 

 must be inconspicuous — must form part of the 

 background as it were. Bowls are suitable only 

 for small dahlias, such as the smiling "Star," 

 or Annette Reynault, or Effective, and the little 

 pompons, etc. A mass efiFect in a great jardiniere 

 of copper or dull old pottery should only be 

 placed for distant effect in a room plenty large 

 enough, or it will be overpowering. 



The most effective way to arrange large ones 

 is in something tall and slender — only a few 

 at a time, for the individual bloom is so beautiful 

 that it is a pity not to have each show to best 



