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Blue. 



Scarl. 



Viole 



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" Here," the talented authoress remarks, lour. The dark and light colours are 



" we have black, dark blue, and sea-green arranged indiscriminately, without any 



in succession, sapphire blue between two regard to effect." 



scarlets, pea -green between black and "The following arrangements of the same 



blue — all unpleasant combinations of co- colours will be found more agreeable : — 













































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Dark blue. 



Orange. 



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Black. 



Green. 



Dark brow 



Scarlet. 



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Black. 



Sea-green. 



Scarlet. 



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Violet. 



Green. 



Scarlet. 



Dark blue. 



" In this arrangement, the dark and 

 the brilliant colours, such as orange and 

 scarlet, occur at regular intervals, all the 

 inharmonious contrasts of the last dia- 

 gram are avoided, and the colours are 

 arranged, as nearly as the materials will 

 admit, according to the laws of contrast : 

 light and dark blue are opposed to orange, 

 scarlet is contrasted with green, and green 

 with violet." 



"In pictorial arrangement, variety of 

 colour is obtained by the introduction of 

 different hues of the same colour, and of 

 different degrees of brightness. For ex- 

 ample, although it is proper to repeat 

 certain colours — as red, for instance — it 



is not necessary that all the reds in a 

 picture should be a bright vermilion 

 colour ; on the contrary, the picture will 

 gain in beauty if one should be of a dull 

 earthy red, another bright red, a third 

 crimson, and so on through all the scale 

 of colour." This rule will be of assistance 

 to gardeners, as it extends the coloured 

 material at their disposal. The principle 

 of repetition is quite in accordance with 

 the laws of harmonious arrangement. The 

 following is an example, the colours used 

 being scarlet, orange, black, white, blue, 

 green, and some of the semi -neutral 

 colours. They may be arranged, with 

 excellent effect, thus : — 



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Plate XXVII. is a design for a sum- 

 mer and autumn flower-garden, planted 

 in the grouping manner. Only one-half 

 of the design is shown. In the centre 

 circle a fountain should be placed, with a 

 basin margined with polished ashlar, the 

 sides of which should rise from 9 to 12 

 inches above the level of the turf. The 

 long, narrow, scarlet scroll-like borders 

 radiating from the centre we would plant 

 with scarlet geraniums, pegged closely 

 down, as also the scarlet middle bed in 

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those radiating from the corner circles ; 

 and the two triangular ones at the two 

 opposite corners, as well as the large circles 

 forming the base of the radiating figures, 

 we would sow with white candytuft, or any 

 similar white flower. The four small blue 

 circles nearest the centre we would plant 

 with Salvia patens — as near the centre 

 of the design the colours should be the 

 most intense. The small yellow beds 

 nearest these small circles should be sown 

 with Lasthenia Calif ornica, while the large- 



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