The Rescue of an Old Place 



their cheery tints. The Salvia, less hardy, 

 is the glory of a September garden, and 

 many another flower, with a little shelter 

 at night, will make a walk gay and cheer- 

 ful that would otherwise be gloomy with 

 decay and desolation. The Japanese An- 

 emone is a treasure at this season, and 

 those bushes bearing ornamental fruit, 

 which hangs on even amid the snows of 

 winter, should never be omitted from a 

 border. 



Comfort Like a happy temper in adversity is a 



gleam of color in the garden in the late 

 autumn. One draws a lesson of good 

 cheer from a Calendula, so undaunted and 

 gay even when the snows are falling on its 

 golden head. A cluster of red berries on 

 a dry stem gives a distinct joy in early 

 winter, and life is made brighter by the 

 aspect of hardy blossoms and hardier fruit 

 when all the trees around are stripped of 

 foliage. 



In summer the charm of a garden is in 

 its coolness and shade, in the dark shelter 

 of thick trees and the quiet of a shaded 

 arbor. In the autumn we seek the sun- 

 shine and desire color and warmth, wish- 

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