THE GARDEN AT HOME 



and tied, are always neat. It is true that they do 

 not blossom until August and September, but even 

 when the flowers are over the stems, crowned with 

 seed pods, are not unattractive, and I always leave 

 them alone. This little negligence, if one may so name 

 it, is particularly well repaid in the case of the Canadian 

 Golden Rod (Solidago canadensis), for the dead flowers 

 are succeeded by lovely fluffy seed pods. 



A pretty blue-flowered plant, dignified with several 

 names, Veronica virginica japonica, is particularly neat ; 

 it forms a little bush 2j feet high, and seems to take a 

 pride in its upright and well-preserved, leafy stems. 

 The old scarlet Catchfly (Lychnis chalcedonica) needs 

 only to be carefully staked and trimmed when the blooms 

 are over to ensure its inclusion in my somewhat limited 

 list ; while Salvia nemorosa, a handsome Sage, that forms 

 a fine, leafy tuft some 2j feet high, and crowns this with 

 purple blossom in late summer, quite merits its place. 

 I think, too, that one might include the broad-leaved 

 Statice (latifolia), for though its leaves are large and 

 inclined to " flop," they remain green after the flower 

 beauty is over, and this is an essential condition of entree 

 to my chapter on tidy plants. The Pseony, too, has 

 claims to recognition, for its large, bold, leafage persists 

 long after the gorgeous petals have fallen. 



A very pretty and a very tidy little plant that one 

 rarely sees is Chrysanthemum Parthenium fl. pi. It 

 forms a neat tuft about 12 inches high, and the much- 



