Cannas, tubs and boxes, hanging over a low terrace wall, or trailing 



Dahlias and down a long flight of steps. 



Sweet Peas How fine, too, are the Cannas in our Autumn garden. 



The mere recollection of certain beds of Cannas and Begonias, 

 with here and there a touch of the dark leaves of the Ricinus 

 to temper the blaze of colour, in a world-famous garden that 

 I love, is enough to warm one through on these grey, chill, 

 snowy days. And Cannas again are even more accommodating 

 than Begonias ; for they can just be laid under the green house 

 stage and left there for the Winter with, if possible, less thought 

 than we give the Fuchsias stored on their sides along with them. 

 Dahlias are in their fullest beauty in these Autumn 

 months ; and few plants give us a greater variety of rich and 

 delicate shades. Planted in a row to shut out some bit of the 

 garden that is past its beauty, or massed together in some 

 prominent spot, Dahlias are seen at their best. I came across 

 a long hedge I can call it nothing else of tall cactus Dahlias 

 of every imaginable colour set against the edge of a Fir wood, 

 on a late Autumn day a couple of years ago ; and their effect 

 against the dark shade of the Scotch Firs showed, so I thought, 

 that this was indeed the perfect usage for these grand and 

 easily grown flowers. In this neighbourhood every cottage 

 garden is gay with them in Autumn ; and the churchyard on 

 Sunday is turned by loving hands into a veritable parterre 

 with their handsome blooms. 



Late plantings of Sweet Peas, which are too often considered 

 mere Summer flowers, make a rare addition to our Autumn 

 show. Personally I prefer these most delightful of flowers 

 grown in rows of separate colours ; and a hedge of Salopian, 

 Hon. Mrs Kenyon, Gorgeous, Alice Eckford, Blanche Burpee, 

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