every one can discover the value of opposing col- 
ours and forms to each other. Familiar examples 
of this effect may be witnessed in almost every cot- 
tage garden. It may, indeed, be seen combined in 
a simple edging of daisies, with their deep green 
foliage, surrounding a bed, decorated chiefly with 
pinks, and with here and there a polyanthus. If 
not injured by negligent keeping, here will at once 
be a mingling of colour and forms, which will 
please — even without a flower. 
In all matters relating to planting, it should be 
observed that, in its just regulation, a large demand 
must be made on the taste of the director. That 
taste too should be cultivated by a perpetual obser- 
vance of nature, and occasional comparisons of the 
efforts of art in landscape gardening; it will then 
generally produce a just feeling of the simplicity 
and combination at which we should aim. In the 
flower garden, however, it is a more a work of art 
than nature. Invention is often in demand to meet 
particular circumstances, and to hide deformities; 
and the whole is a work of ingenuity and of con- 
trivances to meet the wants of the cultivator, and to 
produce neatness in the aggregate, rather than an 
imitation of natural assemblages and changes. 
The Antennaria triplinervis, and its more com- 
mon relation, the Antennaria margaritacea, will be 
of service in thus diversifying the tints of the par- 
terre. They preserve their colours when dried, and 
will assist in the composition of a winter bouquet. 
The present plant may be increased by division 
of its roots, or by cuttings. It should be planted 
in a light soil, and have a slight protection. 
