ten] among the flowers 



salvia. Set it in a cool, loose soil, and you will find 

 the brilliant scarlet most comfortable as the 

 weather passes away from the heat of summer. It 

 is well to have a few plants standing singly and con- 

 spicuous — even in your vegetable garden. I espe- 

 cially admire a long border or hedge of this magnif- 

 icent flower. It will succumb to a snapping frost, 

 and for that reason it would be well to have a few 

 plants growing in pots. Among our autumn flow- 

 ering plants the cosmos is valuable and easily 

 grown. I have sometimes had difficulty in getting 

 it into perfect bloom before freezing weather. The 

 anemones are not open to this objection, because 

 they will endure a very decided freezing. Along 

 the border of your autumn corner be sure to have 

 a few plants of hellebore, or Christmas rose. 

 This will defy the frosts of November, and will 

 frequently lift its blossoms right through three 

 or four inches of snow. 



Admire bulbs, bedding plants, biennials, and an- 

 nuals according to taste, yet the average country 

 home will rely, and ought to rely, chiefly for its 

 floral display on blossoming shrubs. These we have 

 not yet more than begun to develop and appreciate. 

 Our woodsides, our swales, our forest openings 



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