GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



get rid of him is to hold a pan of kerosene under each 

 plant and then to tap it until he, with his swarming 

 companions, falls therein. 



In certain countries, Germany, Austria, and Japan, 

 there is a strong feeling against asters. They are 

 called death flowers, and regarded in much the same 

 way as tuberoses in this country, from which painful 

 association it seems impossible to separate these waxen 

 flowers. In Italy, the tuberose is the favorite flower 

 of the people, and it is also the one used for decorations 

 on state and formal occasions. 



I have also met a few Americans of deep floral 

 discernment who had no love for asters. But I hope 

 they will not spread the sentiment, for in gardens 

 kept moist by the nearness of the sea, they give their 

 bloom so freely, and appear so bright and alert, that 

 they would be sadly missed from the growth of the 

 late season. 



Cosmos, with its fleecy foliage, its white, pink, and 

 soft crimson flowers, is one of the daintiest and most 

 effective annuals that cheerfully meet Jack Frost, 

 even though it dies with his touch. Fortunately, there 

 are both early and late varieties of cosmos. Moreover, 

 by cutting back the partly grown plant, it can be 

 induced to flower sooner than otherwise. Cosmos is 

 used extensively for forming clumps in a border, where 

 almost invariably it requires staking. But, like the 

 sweet pea, it has an appropriate place outside the 

 garden, as it forms delightfully into blooming screens. 

 In fact, the late varieties of cosmos are sometimes 

 planted in front of a line of sweet peas, so that, when 



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