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the strain be choice and the soil an unctuous 

 loam. Sown late in May, so the plants may 

 come into blossom during latter September and 

 early October, they are seen at their best. It 

 needs cool weather with just a suspicion of 

 white frost to bring out their colors. Then, 

 when many of the perennials are in the sere 

 and yellow leaf, they lend an almost spring-time 

 gayety to the garden. But here, as with the 

 Pyrethrums, objectionable shades must be ban- 

 ished, and the whites, maroons, soft roses, lilacs, 

 lavenders, and purples, placed so they may har- 

 monize and their various lights may shine. They 

 are the roses of autumn, the more beautiful be- 

 cause their reign is so fleeting. But the an- 

 nual aster is invariably sown too soon. 



Strikingly beautiful are the calendulas during 

 October. Daring in their hues as the zinnea, 

 they never overstep the limits, and do not at- 

 tempt to mix up crimsons with yellows. The 

 orange verging to red, and the gradual shadings 

 from buff to yellow and salmon of the rays, are 

 a study and a joy in color. They last so long, 

 and withstand the frost so bravely, that the rear 

 garden and the center-table would seem lonely 

 without them, and we may freely forgive their 

 somewhat acrid odor. I found a large bunch 

 of them upon the table to-day, in a low, blue 



