ADVANTAGEOUS COLORS 



these flowers have passed, the cosmos may take their 

 places. 



For cut flowers, cosmos shares in the autumn the 

 honors with chrysanthemums. The personality of the 

 flowers is as alert as that of a daisy, while its pink 

 and crimson tones are too mellow to clash with its 

 neighbors. 



An annual of soothing grace is the mignonette. 

 The sweet scent of its flowers and its quiet green tone, 

 reddish or yellow tinted among the new varieties, is 

 universally pleasing. It is strange, sometimes, to come 

 upon simple folk with dooryard gardens who regard 

 mignonette as exclusively a hothouse plant far out of 

 their reach. Yet, it is one of the least costly and the 

 simplest to grow of all annuals. It does not like to 

 be transplanted, but should be left in peace exactly 

 where the seeds have been sown. Then throughout 

 the summer it sends out its tribute of flowers pro- 

 vided, of course, that its great desire to form seed is 

 prevented. 



Mignonette is often the peacemaker in a garden, 

 holding all others in harmony through its neutral 

 color. 



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