PLOTTING AND PLANNING 6/ 
simple rules : When in doubt, follow nature. Avoid, as a rule, 
planting flowers in stiff rows, unless, of course, some special 
occasion may require it. Avoid indulging in fanciful effects 
and geometrical or picture-puzzle shapes ; lend a willing ear 
to Sir Francis Bacon, whose advice is as timely to-day as it 
was three hundred years or more ago, when first it was written. 
KEEP EACH VARIETY BY ITSELF 
"As for the making of knots or figures," quoth he, "you 
may see as good sights many times in tarts." 
To venture upon one or two more hints : Every path should 
lead somewhere; it should not wind without good cause. Tall 
plants will be most effective if placed behind low ones, not 
mingled with them. Keep each variety by itself ; mass, do not 
mix. Blue and yellow flowers are cheerful and sunshiny. Use 
many white flowers near the gay-colored ones; this brings 
out the beauty of both. Avoid monotony by having plenty of 
green ; therefore protect the foliage of plants from insects as 
