CHAPTER IX 
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ONE-COLOUR GARDENS 
The arrangement of small gardens in separate colours is 
specially good where no variety of contour exists — A 
mauve garden enclosed by yew hedges— -A pink and 
rose-red garden — An orange and yellow garden — A 
ghost garden — An evening garden. 
The owner of a small garden, as a rule, prefers 
to have a happy medley of all sorts, rather 
than to go in for a colour-scheme. Naturally, 
if space is limited, and he already possesses 
treasures brought as mementoes of journeys, 
or of friends, space has to be found for them 
before all. More often, however, he does not 
realise how great the success of a judicious 
massing of colour can be, even in a small space, 
and what an impression some such effect 
makes on a casual visitor. I have heard for 
years past of the delight a certain border gave 
to passers-by, when a long strip of field, taken 
in to enlarge the garden, had the path edged, 
broadly, for 150 yards with Shirley poppies 
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