132 MY GARDEN 



If more white is desired among the Asters Boltonias 

 and Pyrethrums may be used and groups of Japanese 

 Anemones. 



These plants are perfectly hardy, coming through the 

 coldest winters unharmed. Any garden may grow them, 

 for they require no special conditions and will thrive in 

 any soil. About every third year the old clumps should 

 be broken up and replanted as the increase is rapid 

 and the plants become untidy and unmanageable. 



Groups of lavender and purple Asters in front of a 

 wall covered with warmly coloured Virginia Creeper 

 create an indescribably rich effect, and the flaming 

 Tritoma allowed to pierce a fountainlike mass of pale- 

 coloured small flowered sorts is very magnificent. 



After the middle of September, though no hint of the 

 destroyer is in the air, a vague undercurrent of uneasi- 

 ness makes itself felt in the garden. The flowers appear 

 to redouble their efforts; bloom follows bloom in anxious 

 haste, and the borders look as if colour had been poured 

 recklessly upon them "from a beeker of richest dyes." 

 By some instinct the flowers know that the breath of the 

 frost king is not far off and they desire to accomplish all 

 their duty before it blows upon them. Perhaps there 

 will be one more week, perhaps two, and it is within the 

 realm of the possible that old November, driving his 

 storm-steeds and followed by his Indian bride blowing 

 warm breaths from her scarlet lips, will arrive and find 

 the China Roses still blowing, Dahlias unharmed, and 



