NOVEMBER 



Autumn Work for Summer Flowers 



A TOUR of the garden at this season of the year is 

 apt to prove dull to the unimaginative, but it is 

 not without interest to those who realise the value 

 of looking forward and making timely preparation 

 for the flowers and crops of another year. If one has 

 planted with the object of prolonging the charm of 

 the garden as late as possible, a few flowers still offer 

 greeting. The rose-pink blooms of the Neapolitan 

 Cyclamen and the crimson flowers of Cyclamen 

 europaeum linger among the beautifully marked leaves ; 

 a stray Christmas Rose has anticipated its welcome ; 

 the yellow Jasmine has commenced its long season of 

 bloom ; the American Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginica) 

 is comparatively gay with yellow blossom ; the Traveller's 

 Joy (Clematis Vitalba) is a mass of grey, fluffy bunches, 

 among which, if one has trained it over a Japanese 

 Briar, the orange-red fruits of the latter glow brightly ; 

 Chrysanthemums and autumn Roses still give colour 

 to the borders. But it is chiefly to the autumn leaves 

 that one must look, for colour now the Japanese 

 Maples, the Persian Parrotia, Sumach, Azalea, Berberis, 

 and others ; to the fruits the hips and haws of Roses 

 and Thorns, the berries of Rockspray and Pernettya, 

 and the Crabs ; and to the stems of Willow, Dogwood 

 and White Bramble. 



Among the Hardy Flowers 



Autumn Tints. All trees possess greater or less 

 attraction when "autumn's fire burns slowly along the 



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