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year in the public parks, from whose likeness to 

 each other we get the impression that no other 

 combination can be made. Study out new 

 arrangements for yourself. Plant them, group 

 them, use them as backgrounds for flowering 

 plants, mass them in open spaces in the border. 

 Do not get the idea that they must always be 

 used by themselves. Cannas, because of the 

 great variety of color in their foliage, can be 

 made attractive when used alone, but the others 

 depend upon combination with other plants for 

 the contrast which brings out and emphasizes 

 their attractive features. 



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Speaking of new arrangements reminds me to 

 say that the amateur gardener ought always to 

 plan for original effects if he or she would get 

 out of gardening all the pleasure there is in it. 

 It may seem almost necessary for the beginner to 

 copy the ideas of others in the arrangement of the 

 garden, to a considerable extent, but he should 

 not get into the slavish habit of doing so. Haz- 

 litt says : " Originality implies independence of 

 opinion. It consists in seeing for one's self." 

 That's it, exactly. Study your plants. Find out 

 their possibilities. And then plan arrangements 



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