This bold use of autumnal border flowers invites the exercise of 

 invention and ingenuity ; for instance, August is the main time for the 

 flowering of Lavender, and, though a thinner crop succeeds the heavier 

 normal yield, yet the bushes then look thin of bloom. Clematises, 

 purple, lilac and white, can be planted among them, and can easily be 

 guided, by an occasional touch with the hand, to run over the Lavender 

 bushes. The same capital autumn flowers should be planted with the 

 handsome white Everlasting Pea. The Pea is supported by stout 

 branching spray and does its own good work in July. When the bloom 

 is over it is cut off, and the Clematis, which has been growing by its side 

 with a support of rather slighter spray, is drawn close to the foliage of 

 the Pea and spreads over it. 



The working out of such simple problems is one of the many joys of 

 the good gardener ; and every year, with its increased experience, brings 

 with it a greater readiness in the invention of such happy combinations. 



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