"Gardens of Colour"

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 104, 26 January 1935, Page 20

"Gardens of Colour "

“Do not pluck unless you desire us j greatly.” ' I “Do not forget the shortness of our h lives.” : “Do not neglect our wants.” fe “Do not lament our loss. We shall ft bloom again.” [ —Four of the Twelve Commandments [ of the Flowers in “Gardens of | Colour.” j “The colour green has many values, | but the greatest is rest to the eye,” | writes Mr. T. Geoffrey Kenslow, M.A.. I F.R.H.S., in his book, “Gardens of | Colour.” Each season" has its own j range of shades of green, most wonder- ! fully suited to each period of the year. | “Spring with its pale green is in j keeping with her pale flowers and soft j rays of early sun. Summer calls for I strong shades of green to balance her || vivid colours and challenge the sun’s I strong rays. Autumn begs gold, and the green gives up much of the blue to suit the season. Thus yellow predominates in green and robs it of its | strength. j “Winter turns the tables, and asks I for deeper shades to give contrast to | her white and grey. Evergreen Is g winter’s call, and the wise gardener I sees that he gets it.”