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material he has to work with it will not be diffi- 

 cult to arrange these colors to suit individual 

 taste. I think this will be more satisfactory than 

 to give any arbitrary arrangement of colors, for 

 half the pleasure of gardening consists in orig- 

 inating things of this kind, rather than copying 

 what some one else has originated, or of following 



No. 2. 



instructions given by others. This does not apply 

 so much to designs for beds as it does to the 

 colors we make use of in them. 



In the designs accompanying this chapter it 

 will be seen that simple plans are made capable 

 of producing more elaborate effects by making 

 use of the dotted lines. Indeed, one can make > 

 these designs quite intricate by dividing the dif- 



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