THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



those flowers which embroider the roadsides with 

 lavender-purple in September — aster, ironweed, 

 the tall liatris? Be this or not a foolish fancy, 

 there is no flower of more value and of greater 

 beauty in the September garden than the Bud- 

 dleia. It is at every stage of growth most lovely, 

 and in its fulness of bloom a thing to marvel at. 

 For an autumn picture, set the variety known as 

 Magnifica back of phlox Antonin Mercie (in its 

 second bloom, all first flowers having been cut 

 immediately upon passing), with masses of green- 

 white zinnias also in the foreground. Phlox 

 Jeanne d'Arc, the tall late white, creates a beau- 

 tiful background for these Buddleias, the graceful 

 lavender plumes of the latter very delicate against 

 the round white mounds of the phlox trusses. 

 Mr. E. H. Wilson, an authority upon Buddleias 

 as well as upon all other Chinese plants, shrubs, 

 and trees, suggests the planting of Sorbaria arborea 

 and its varieties by the brook or pond side in com- 

 bination with Buddleia. "The effect is every- 

 thing the most fastidious could wish for." 



Also in mid-September, a great group of flow- 

 ers then in perfection in the trial garden gave ex- 

 cellent suggestion for a planned planting. This, 

 altogether a happening in arrangement, was seen 

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