THE GARDEN AT HOME 



leaves, which so often hide the flowers. One of the 

 prettiest and daintiest and smallest Nasturtiums I have 

 ever seen is called Elsae. It struck me as being an 

 ideal edging plant, since it never gets out of bounds. 

 It has brilliant red flowers and quite small leaves, and is 

 altogether a most attractive and a most useful little plant. 



I am sure there are few who realise the charm of the 

 Marguerite Carnations for autumn bloom, for they are 

 so fresh and so fair just when most flowers are beginning 

 to look dowdy. A little group of them put out in the 

 flower border, where some blank occurs, will ensure 

 pleasing blossom in quantity until the weather is such 

 that flowers cannot open at all. The Groundsel family 

 does not seem at first sight a happy hunting-ground for 

 garden flowers ; but two, at least, are lovely in autumn. 

 One is something like the common Groundsel in size and 

 stature, but it has big, double, vermilion blooms. It is 

 a striking colour, and a group of it is most attractive. 

 The other is Senecio pulcher, really a most handsome 

 plant, with large, carmine, yellow-centred flowers, on 

 branching stems, some 2 feet to 3 feet high. Still classed 

 with the Groundsels is Senecio elegans, a very pretty 

 little plant, having rose purple flowers and elegant leaves. 

 It only grows about 10 inches high. 



Those who care to grow their own Everlastings may 

 like to hear of a very pretty little Immortelle that can 

 be grown in the garden border, and of which the flowers 

 are at their best in September. Its name alas ! is 



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