230 EVERSLEY GARDENS 



With Lilies and Gladioli, Dahlias and Lo- 

 belias, Pentstemons, Heleniums, Michaelmas 

 Daisies, and the invaluable border Chrysan- 

 themums, the Autumn flower garden may be 

 kept brilliant till well into November, if we 

 have decent luck as to early frosts. But of 

 one matchless annual I must sing the praises 

 for Autumn as well as for Summer I mean 

 Sutton's Rosy-Scarlet Stock/lowered Larkspur. It 

 is in bloom from the beginning of July. I cut 

 armsful of it for the house, and for many 

 other houses, all through the Summer and early 

 Autumn ; and some small late-planted seed- 

 lings, dragged up by the roots and put bodily 

 in water at the end of last November for 

 it was imperative they should be cleared away 

 to make room for Spring bedding made the 

 rooms gay for another week. As nearly every 

 one who comes to the house asks me " What 

 can that lovely thing be?" I can only suppose 

 it is not as universally known as it should be ; 

 one of its many merits being that it lasts a 

 good ten days or fortnight in water. By 

 itself, or combined with the tall, pure white 



