108 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



of course, proverbially late 

 bloomers, the good old Gioire 

 de Dijon and its offspring 

 especially. 



Fine foliage shrubs are 

 always a good addition to the 

 background, or centre height of 

 a border : there is the Golden 

 Elder, also Golden Privet, Jap- 

 anese Maples that show pink, 

 cream, and yellow in their 

 leaves, and the silver variegat- 

 ed Acer Negundo variegatmn, 

 a small tree the foliage of 

 which is always in motion. 

 Lovers of the Hydrangea will 

 be aware that this lovely hardy 

 shrub blooms often during 

 October, so may well be in- 

 cluded in this border. 



The best possible plants 

 should always be obtained 

 when making a herbaceous 

 collection, since the first ex- 

 pense is also the last, and it is 

 even possible to work up a 

 stock of surplus plants from 

 them, when division becomes 

 advisable, which stock local 

 florists are often willing to buy. 

 The late - blooming Phloxes 

 mentioned, for example, are 

 not costly, but represent the 

 Phlox at its best: Coqueli- 

 cot is the very brightest scar- 

 let known, Lord llayleigh the 

 nearest approach to a blue. 

 Snapdragons, again, are repre- 

 sented here only by dwarf 

 kinds, but the medium tall 

 and giant sorts give a splen- 



