54 COLOUR SCHEMES 



Cosmos, sulphur Sunflower, Phlox Drummondi, Nas- 

 turtiums, and Trachelium cceruleum. Dahlias were 

 planted out in May, and earlier still the Hollyhocks, 

 quite young plants that are to bloom in August and 

 September ; the autumn-planted ones flowering earlier. 

 The ground was well cleared of weeds before these were 

 planted, and, soon after, the whole border had a good 

 mulch of a mixture of half-rotted leaves and old hot- 

 bed stuff. This serves the double purpose of keeping 

 the soil cool and of affording gradual nutriment when 

 water is given. 



The planting of the border is designed to show a 

 distinct scheme of colour arrangement. At the two 

 ends there is a groundwork of grey and glaucous foliage 

 — Stachys, SantoKna, Cineraria maritima. Sea-kale 

 and Lyme -grass, with darker foliage, also of grey 

 quality, of Yucca, Clematis recta and Rue. With this, 

 at the near or western end, there are flowers of pure 

 blue, grfey-blue, white, palest yellow and palest pink ; 

 each colour partly in distinct masses and partly inter- 

 grouped. The colouring then passes through stronger 

 yellows to orange and red. By the time the middle 

 space of the border is reached the colour is strong and 

 gorgeous, but, as it is in good harmonies, it is never 

 garish. Then the colour strength recedes in an inverse 

 sequence through orange and deep yellow to pale yellow, 

 white and palest pink; again with blue-grey foliage. 

 But at this, tbe eastern end, instead of the pure blues 

 we have purples and hlacs. 



Looked at from a little way forward, for a wdde space 



