GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



have entered so many gardens it would be difficult to 

 say. In themselves, zinnias are coarse and ugly looking, 

 worthy only to form a distant mass of color after blooms 

 that are choice and beautiful have had their day. 

 At the side of one enchanting rose garden, I have seen 

 zinnias in bloom in late October. Here and there a 

 rose lingered, looking lonely enough among the numbers 

 of barren bushes. Yet this very nearness of the aristo- 

 cratic queen to the blatant zinnias accentuated their 

 lack of delicacy. They appeared like beggars without 

 the palace gate. 



There comes a time in the garden when it seems as 

 if all else had gone to sleep but the snapdragons, 

 Antirrhina. In fact, they remain so constantly in 

 bloom throughout the summer that sooner or later 

 they have an opportunity to catch their neighbors 

 napping. Of them, all the large ones of clear daffodil 

 yellow are strikingly attractive. Those of deep crimson 

 and blood-red have somewhat the texture of velvet, 

 and there is one lovely variety with flowers of deep 

 rose. The snapdragons are much used as border plants, 

 and are equally desired in the house as cut flowers. 



Balsams, camellia flowered, especially the pink 

 variety, look well in a summer garden. After a long 

 lapse into obscurity, they seem lately to have regained 

 their popularity. 



Asters should no more be excluded from the planting 

 list of annuals than sweet peas. At present they are 

 seen in so many and varied forms; their colors are so 

 gay and diverse, including pure white, pink, blue, and 

 the deep crimson of the one called, like the rose, General 



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