LITTLE GARDENS 



erlng in the pastures, the pondweed and water- 

 hly add color and fragrance to the pools. 



In October the flowers are In rivalry with the 

 trees, for the mountain sides are gardens, and the 

 maple, beech, birch, oak, sumac, brambles and a 

 thousand lowly things paint the scene with splen- 

 dor. Now the asters, wild and tame, constellate 

 the gardens and the roadsides, and late golden- 

 rods add touches of warmth to the chilling fields 

 and to the hollows among the dunes. If the 

 frosts have held off, the stout old favorites 

 of the garden are still putting forth and the bees 

 are humming over them. We find the petunia, 

 gaillardia, alyssum, candytuft, clarkia, godetia, 

 marigold, stock, goldentuft, poppy, blue spirea, 

 sedum, starwort, sunflower, hydrangea, daisy 

 fleabane, which-hazel and swamp-flower. We 

 are also likely to find freaks — plants that have 

 decided to bloom a second time or put out a sec- 

 ond crop of fruit. I have seen a horse-chestnut, 

 stripped of one clothing of leaves by caterpillars 

 in a birdless town, put forth a new crop of leaves 

 and a multitude of blossoms in the fall. The 

 last rose of summer may be found blooming in 

 October. I have never been in the country in 



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