A Little Maryland Garden 195 
late, and his will be the last bright face we 
shall see when the snow spreads his coverlet 
over the plants. 
If one were to give thought and space to 
it, it would be possible to make a selection 
of plants which would flower to a very late 
period. But it seems to me that in a very 
small garden it would hardly be worth 
while to give up the room to these late bloom- 
ing plants which might be filled with others 
that would give a quantity of flowers in the 
summer. The garden would then look tame 
when there ought to be a riot of colour. 
Before the frost I could see my neighbour’s 
cosmos over the fence, just opening its first 
flowers. I have never had cosmos in my 
garden, just for the reason that it is sure 
to be cut down when it would be the greatest 
disappointment to lose it. It is one of my 
favourites, in other people’s gardens, and 
when it has a chance to bloom the large, 
simple flowers, over cloudy foliage, look 
like blown stars. Its shades of red and pink 
are lovely, and the white, so pure and candid 
