FLOWERS IN SEASON 



hose, on a still, warm evening, Is a more compo- 

 sing occupation than struggling with a crowd 

 at the beach or listening to rag-time music on a 

 roof. The vines now blooming Include not only 

 those just named, but the wild bean, the night- 

 shade, the balloon, the trumpet-creeper, the vir- 

 gin's-bower, the Japanese hop, the perennial pea ; 

 the hydrangea has put out its bunches of dull 

 pink and greenish-white flowers, long lasting; 

 the blue spirea, the sweet alder, balm, lychnis 

 and maurandia are at their showiest; and the 

 giants, the sunflower and hollyhock, lend of 

 their pomp. 



September continues the pageant with canna, 

 gladiolus, ageratum, candytuft, musk-plant, cos- 

 mos, heliotrope, verbena, zinnia, funkia, giant 

 daisy, rudbeckia, dahlia, mignonette; the cardi- 

 nal-flower blazes on the edge of the damp wood; 

 the witch-hazel puts out its uncanny little sprays; 

 in the hills the sweet peas are at their best; there 

 are the late roses, too, and the dahlia, poppy and 

 nasturtium are gay in the country gardens. In 

 the bulb corner the tiger-flower and blazing-star 

 have emerged, the Japanese anemone and showy 

 sedum are up in the rockery, the boneset is feath- 

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