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If I was going to form a group of white flowers (say white wild roses), 
I would place my principal flower at No. 1, the most prominent part of 
the group, and of course most opposed to the light; and there, white should 
reign in full power, and in such a proportion as the size of the group (not 
the blot) requires. 
I should place other flowers at 2 and 3, but the white in them should 
be so subdued, that the eye would not be caught, but conducted by them 
to the principal flower; the intermediate spaces between them and it 
should be filled with pale green leaves of a yellowish hue, so as to har¬ 
monize with the whites; and the strength of the colour between the full light, 
and the dark side, should be increased to a full tint; then gradually joined 
and mixed with the contrasting tint, which of course should be placed in 
the deepest shade. 
But a question will occur, by what means shall black, the contrasting 
tint to white in the petals; or purple, the contrasting tint to yellow in 
the seeds; or red, to the green of the leaves, be introduced? for these 
three several colours, white, yellow, and green, all require their contrasts. 
l\o subject could perhaps be found that can so easily supply them 
all, as a group of wh.te roses; for in the leaves, buds, and stalks of the 
w ite og rose there are all the above tints in a variety of shades; so 
that the aid of no other object, nor flower, need be called in. These 
co ours therefore may be dispersed throughout the shaded side, in as deep 
a degree as is wanted; and also throughout the whole in a weaker de¬ 
gree, so as to break the pure tints in all the minor shades, and give 
value to those in the prominent parts of the group; for neither the whites 
Lethe ’ 7 6r tbtS ^ the IeaV6S and ^ must be kept 
together in one place; but each should be distributed throughout the whole 
one clas Jr 2 0Slt,0 \° f 7?' be fou " d the P-st degree of 
them m the highest lights, and of the other in the deepest 
