Evening star., 1932-08-30

surroundings, may be seen as beautiful,
II one looks long enough.
Where the belief in floral ugliness
comes in is in relation to the substitu-
tion of tint for shade, that is, col
ors produced by q modification with
various amounts of white, instead of
color produced by admixtures of black.
The lighter comes instead Of the
darker, and ordinarily the result Is not
pleasing. Viewed with an eye to men,
tai fairness, however, the mind correct
ting the thoughts Of the mind, it Is
seen for what 1t is, a good example Of
that tint.
Yellow is another strange color, in
stinctively liked by many, perhaps by
most. Even the queer threats Of the
psychiatrists, that such liking reveals
inimical things about one, has done
nothing to lessen this ardor.
The f1ower-loving world wags right
ahead preferring yellow flowers, espe-
cially in Spring. If Darwin tulips lack
yellow, although reveling in every other
tint, gardeners seek out a yellow cot
tage variety.
The world must have its yellow
flowers. In the Autumn every one
knows and admires the gorgeous yellow
chrysanthemums, favorites Of every
campus.
In the Spring the eyes Of all turn to
the tiny crocuses and dandelions, and
the yellow bells Of the narcissus.
One of the most distinct color aver
sions is that against red, in any OF its
many variations.
Pink, of course, is simply a sort Of
washed-out red, but 1t is that very
washing out which gives it just the oc-
ular consistency, If 1t may be put that
way, which makes 1t beloved.
Reds strike the pink lovers as too
heavy, too harsh, too unnecessary.
They tolerate them only as accent
points in garden. Hence banks OF
flaming red flowers, such as scarlet
sage, weary them.
The vibrations of red are well known
influences toward action, so that 1t may
be stated without equivocation that the
peace of the garden. literally and figu-
ratively, Is disturbed by them.
Less rambunctious colors give more
restful garden, other things being equal.
It will be found that both white and
a blue, calm tints, give as good accent as
red, and may be used as substitutes
for it.
Many landscape architects Cor gar
deners, as they were formerly called,
and better, in some ways) make point
of using white flowers at definite inter-
walls, to break up the masses of color,
as well as to give each tint its due value.
Nothing will do this quite as well as
white flowers, unless it is the blue.
There is just a bit of garden affecta-
tion, it would seem, in the use Of blue
for this same purpose. 1t handles quite
as well as white, but having definite
tone of its own fails to achieve exactly
similar qualities.
various flowers Of light coffee tint
(coffee with much cream in 1t, light
coffee, as 1t Is called offer striking
possibilities for accent.
A splendid small variety Of Innia,
named Isabellina, was offered in cata-
logueS several years ago, but has since
been dropped out, to the loss Of gar
dens everywhere.
This zinnia approached the POM
poms In size, but was not as small. Its
blossoms were perfect IN formation, and
the tint such delicate one that 1t
went" perfectly with all other flowers,
at the same time 1t outlined, as 1t were,
their more striking qualities.
A bowl of these perfect small zinnias
was sight worth seeing. Perhaps
nothing N cur experience so convinced
Us IIldb Dcduty Al 41OWcIo - ccCuIcQ
through conservative colorations, rath-
er than bold ones.
81 know what like" some one says,
nevertheless. The point lies right there
One should actually know If he knows,
before he says he knows. II he knows
he knows, then he may like any color
he pleases. The chances are 10 to l,
however, that pink flowers will be In
his bouquet.