THE FLOWER GARDEN IN AUTUMN. 



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gardens of tender plants are shorn of their beauty, whereas, the hardy 

 flowers go on quite untouched for a month or six weeks later, and 

 not merely bloom, as do Heliotrope and Geranium, in a fine autumn, 

 but as the meadow flowers in summer, with vigour and perfect 

 health. Therefore, it is clear that, whatever the charms of tender 

 plants may be for the summer, those who live in the country 

 in autumn are unwise to trust to anything but the finer hardy 

 plants. 



Thus, without touching on rarities or things difficult to grow, we 

 have a handsome array of beauty for the autumn garden, even leaving 

 out of the question the many shrubs and trees which are beautiful in 

 foliage or fruit in autumn, and there are many of these in any well- 

 stored garden. 



Some hardy and half-hardy Plants blooming in British Gardens. 

 September October. 



CEnothera 



Pampas Grass 



Pansy 



Papaver 



Pentstemon 



Petunia 



Phlox 



Phygelius 



Physalis 



Physostegia 



Plumbago 



Polygonum 



Prince's-feather 



Pyrethrum 



Rose 



Rudbeckia 



Salpiglossis 



Salvia 



Scabious 



Sedum 



Senecio 



Silene 



Silphium 



Snapdragon 



Solanum 



Solidago 



Statice 



Strawberry 



Sweet Peas 



Sweet William 



Telekia 



Trachelium 



Tradescantia 



Tritoma 



Tritonia 



Tropa;olum 



Tuberose 



Valerian 



Venidium 



Verbascum 



Verbena 



Veronica 



Viola 



Yucca 



Zephyranthes 



Zinnia 



Lily and Zephyranthes, Kew. 



