HARVEST MONTH IN THE GARDEN 



guard of the two great autumn flowers, Dahlia and Aug. 

 Chrysanthemum, will be in bloom. Flower beds will 

 have filled out, and tuberous Begonias will have come 

 nicely into bloom. 



The rock garden will not be as gay as it was in 

 spring and early summer, as the majority of the plants 

 will have flowered, but Portulacas, Campanulas, An- 

 drosaces, Alpine Pinks, Armeria, Lithospermum, Onosma, 

 Iceland Poppies, Primulas, Saxifrages, and Sedums will 

 be giving flowers. 



Herbaceous borders should be at their best. If 

 Paeonies are over, and Delphiniums fading. Phloxes, 

 Hollyhocks, Japanese Anemones, early Michaelmas 

 Daisies, Chrysanthemums, Poppies, Monkshood, Al- 

 stromerias. Ox-eye Daisies, Snapdragons, Pentstemons, 

 Gladioli, Sea Hollies, Gaillardias, Goat's Rues, hardy 

 Geraniums, Sunflowers, Kniphofias, Bergamot, Evening 

 Primroses, Winter Cherries (Physalis), Potentillas, Rud- 

 beckias. Golden Rod, and Veronicas should more than 

 fill their places. 



The garden of the suburbanist who makes for the 

 seaside for a fortnight in August admittedly suffers; 

 in fact, the annual holiday marks the turning-point of 

 his horticultural season. Tis pity. Could not more 

 be done than is done to counteract the effects of the 

 owner's absence ? Could not neighbouring amateur 

 gardeners agree to help each other in this matter, as 

 they do in housing each other's cats? A thorough 

 hoeing, removal of fading flowers, and watering once 

 a week will do wonders in retrieving a falling garden. 

 When an amateur returns from the seaside and finds 

 that the garden has undergone a rapid process of 

 deterioration (and nothing degenerates more rapidly 

 than a garden), he is apt to think that it is not worth 

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