Show beauteous beautfus arrangement of colors the scientific 4 merican from the columns of aich which we glean many excellent excellent practical and truthful articles gives its readers the following lawan directions for the most syte systematic matlo matio and scie scle scientific arrangement rin ran ement of colors which is 13 a subject but little un understood ider stOod yet of no little importance to florists and all whose taste thein to cultivate and de decorato decorate corato their 1 A we the lovely lonely and ever varying profusion f of flower their modest or their g iak iek s qualities which nature imparts to ta cheer Ke and the old the grave and the gay xiv fw in the pleasant spring time when nature awakes from her winters repose and puts on her floral robes the denizens of our cur cit cities les ies and d villa villages es seek to enjoy the thos beauties f in the arrangement of their gar tiena and the cultivation of flowers thisina this is a 11 and elevating recreation for their la a implanted apian Aplan fed ted in oar constitution the same capacity for deriving pleasure from viewing colors by hythe sense of sight aa as from drinking in the strains of music they apart most arranged most harmoniously with degara to their several hues hoes this ibis harmony is governed by laws with which too many are unacquainted a few words therefore on this topic will not be inapplicable at present that teat which w we e call color in flowers is simply thear powers of reflecting and trans transmitting t the rays ot of light which fall upon them ther there e are arc three prim primary sary lary colors in nature red blue and yellow and these must always be associated to boether together ether to produce harmony on this subject chevreux Chev reul the distinguished french chemist says the principal rule to be ob served in the arrangement of 0 flowers is to place P bose hose ose which are blue next to those of orange the violet next the yellow while red and pink are never seen been to greater advant advantage ap than whenn surrounded by ver dore dare or by white flowers lle the ile latter may also be ad advantage vantie bously dispersed among groups of blue and orange also of 0 violet and yellow flowers 5 these associations of color stated by the french author promote promote harmony and do not offend ollend tu taste t by y the mingling of discordant hues lines this is a study which affords wide 11 cope scope for fob observation complementary 1 colors always harmonize and colors are said to be complementary when they form a white beam ia in gom som combination combination thus red and green are complex complementary eldary because the latter is composed of b bine ue and yellow which with the red embrace all the primary colors in a ray oe of light crimson and orange are also complementary and so with other combinations green lp liage foliage and flowers are arc complimentary and na nature lu r e ha has s provided these hues with no miserly hand band roses and geraniums with their green freen leaves are great favorites and even in mia midwinter ripe red berr ea es are frequently seen peeping out from amon among ever green bowers in order to replace with their modest beauty the sleeping roses of departed summer nuner Bu some persons may suppose from what has been stated that the green leaves of bowers flowers may sometimes destroy the proper effert effect fleet arising from the contrast of color but that green leaves are a proper ground for all flowers and never proda ce kr accord lagod in the vision yi son von this subject has lately engaged the atten tion of some great minds sir gardner wilkenson in his recent work groa on color and the necessity for a general dlf Dif diffusion fasion of taste among all classes devotes a large space to the arrangement of flowers in gardens as it regards their color and forms the principal colors which he recommends are blue red pink purple lilac yellow orange white and scarlet and he gives a table covering nine pages containing the names of many plants with their diff different larent colors and periods of blooming when arranged in beds he recommends that each plot should have flowers of the same size and that they should all bloom at the lame same period in this view he is correct yet this is a feature in hr gardening which is continually overlooked large andrall and tall tali P small smail and short flowers are frequently planted helter in beds apparently upon the principle rin ciple that profusion prof is the very essence of beauty beauty in contracted spaces the flowers selected should be small while in larger gardens they may be more stately the reason of this is obvious A few large flowers by occupying a large space must convey an impression sion slon of dwarfishness to a small garden ires Eres but ut it is far otherwise when modest little flowers pre re chosen for their blushing 0 beauty as suitable to such a situation the beautiful ill in nature is a gift which may be he and should be enjoyed by the humblest as I 1 well as the highest the mechanics cottage with its little flower garden may be enriched with all the harmonies of color and the latter may exhibit in tasteful miniature the best ar arl ari i ranged gardens of the wealthy it affords us pleasure to state that most of our gar gardeners denene and many of our ladies and mechanics are well acquainted with the cultivation of flowers and ana they exhibit great taste in their arrangement but very few of them have studied the 1 law of simultaneous contrast of color and hence they frequently place together flowers of colors that produce discord whereas by a just arrangement in the same saine beds keds beds they would produce a more pleasing effect in regard tol to the effects of color we conclude by quoting the following eloquent passage written by sir david brewester Bre weater lle lie ile he who exhibited such matchless skill in the organization of material bodies and such exquisite taste in their formation has super ad added exl exi ed that etherial beauty which enhances j their permanent ties and presents them to us in the ever varying character of the spectrum without this the foliage of or vegetable life might have filled the eye and fostered the fruit which it veils but the youthful green of its spring would have been blended ended lil ill with ivich the dying lying yellow of its autum if the objects of the material world had been illuminated with white light all the particles of which possess the asame same degree of rc and arre equally acted upon by the bodies on which they fall all nature would shine with a leaden hue and all the combinations of external objects all the features of the human countenance donld have exhibited no other variety than that which they possess in a pencil sketch or a china ink drawing tha The rainbow itself would have dwindled into a narrow arch of white light the stars would have shone through a grey pey sky and the mantle of a wintry avil twilight igla igia would have replaced the golden vesture of the rising and settin setting betting 0 sun it may be thought that we are too sa sanguine n 0 nine on the subject of flowers but we think not the above article we predict will not be 1 attentively read by any reflective person with 1 out profit the subject of colors as seen in the vast range of natures productions is here treated in a manner at once entertaining arid and scientific while we have no disposition to enter upon the uninviting 0 task of creating 41 a taste for the beautiful in nature lla ila ture where no such taste in exists we earnestly desire to improve cultivate and refine that taste reso rego abides the involuntary admiration addi fration of Nat natures loveliness the far famed prairies of the west are un ri for the variety gorgeousness and luxuriance of their native flowers and even here among the wahsatch Wah satch ranges may be found as choice native flowers probably as can be found in any other region of the globe during an occasional visit to the kenyons and mountain benches we have seldom failed to find flowers possessing all the qualities most dAsI desirable rable rabie to those who delight in them the exuberant growth showy colors and the grateful fragrance requiring t only the skillful I 1 hand band of the florist or amateur arto to transplant or appropriate them to our gardens where with suitable culture and attention most if not all of those wild mountain flowers would doubt less become very much improved and be found as valuable at least as those imported from the east west or elsewhere ir with our limited knowledge of the ex extensive collect collections i ons of valuable flowers to be found in the mountains around us we are surprised that ere this more has not been done by way of introducing 0 them to the garden lawn and borders of walks to gladden the eye and diffuse their sweet perfume around our dwellings most of our native flowers are perennials I 1 and aro are therefore the more valuable and worthy of being cultivated these ilese with the choice exotic annuals already introduced and the seeds of other varieties which may in future be brought here when arranged in conformity to the law of simultaneous contrast of color and succession of bloom will afford ustin their rich display of colors and their fragrant perfume a treat amply repaying all the labor that may be bestowed upon them relative to the best modes of culture time of transplanting and how to procure seeds of these native flowers and other useful plants when we have obtained some further knowledge on those subjects either by actual experiment peri perl pediment ment or from the observation of others we shall take great pleasure in presenting 0 the facts for the consideration and ana information of our readers |