232 EVERSLEY GARDENS 



And the tall spikes, from delicate rose to 

 deepest crimson and vivid scarlet, rising out 

 of the damp grass with foliage as varied in 

 tones of green to metallic red, added a fresh 

 touch of splendour to that wondrous garden. 

 How far have these amazing descendants 

 travelled from the dear old L. Cardinalis 

 one remembers growing along the ditches in 

 northern New York State, among Golden Rod 

 and Michaelmas Daisies in early October ! But 

 splendid as these hybrids are, none are more 

 startling in colour than the parent. 



The good old grey-lilac Michaelmas Daisy 

 of our youth, the colour of ancient lilac print 

 frocks, and beloved of Red Admiral and Pea- 

 cock butterflies, and of slow dull drones, is 

 now superseded by such endless varieties, 

 white, purple, pink, or crimson, that it is 

 almost impossible to say which one has or 

 has not got in the garden. But late or 

 early, tall or dwarf, they are delightful and 

 useful flowers. And a row of them with 

 Pyrethrum uliginosum and a few good Heleniums 

 at intervals, make a solid and brilliant screen 



