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rounded bushes and thick, dark foliage. It grows about 

 two and one-half feet high, and while its large, white, 

 daisylike flowers have the slightly chilled look common 

 to many white flowers at this season, it is still well 

 worth having. 



This is a busy time in the garden, for as October 

 comes in one may, with impunity, begin clearing up a 

 little, making over such beds and borders as require it, 

 dividing the Phloxes and other hardy things which are 

 outgrowing their strength, and rearranging one's colour 

 schemes. It is well to do as much of this sort of thing as 

 possible in the autumn while defects are still fresh in 

 one's mind, for in the all-beautifying light of spring one 

 is apt to feel that perfection is already an accomplished 

 fact in one's garden. Also there is always more work to 

 be done in spring than one counts upon, and anything 

 accomplished now may provide us with a breathing 

 space at that season when we should be so grateful for 

 time to just sit and drink in the loveliness stealing into 

 the world around us. 



Autumn planting of perennials is advised by many 

 who are in a position to know, and I have heard nursery- 

 men say that their customers get more careful attention 

 and stronger plants at this season; but certainly any 

 plants whose absolute hardiness is questioned are best 

 set out in spring, so that the strain of winter will not 

 come upon them before they are strongly established. 

 It is now that one's home nursery comes into important 



