SOME UNCOMMON AUTUMN FLOWERS 



Anaphalis rubigera intermedia. It grows only 12 inches 

 high, bears bunches of white, dry-looking flowers that 

 last a long time when cut, and has pretty grey leaves. 

 And what about Goldilocks (Aster Linosyris), one of the 

 most charming of the Michaelmas Daisies ? Goldilocks 

 is familiar enough as a name, but how far less familiar 

 is the plant itself ! It grows only about 20 inches high, 

 and is smothered in small, yellow blooms in September. 

 The pedant, or one out of humour with himself, might 

 find its stiff growth and formal outline a little too pro- 

 nounced ; but that is the utmost that can be urged 

 against it. 



Artemisia lactiflora (one of the Wormwoods) is a plant 

 not met with in the average garden, yet none who have 

 seen its graceful, leafy growths, some 5 feet high, crowned 

 with creamy flowers in loose panicles, which are at their 

 best in September, can suppress their admiration. Among 

 the Chamomiles are one or two that deserve wider recog- 

 nition than they can claim at present, especially Anthemis 

 tinctoria, and its improved variety, Kelwayi ; both grow 

 about 1 8 inches high, and have attractive yellow flowers 

 and pretty Marguerite-like leaves. Anthemis nobilis, 

 10 inches high, having white, yellow-centred blooms, also 

 makes strong appeal as a neglected autumn flower. The 

 grey-leaved Knotweed (Polygonum lanigerum) is not 

 eligible for inclusion among uncommon autumn flowers, 

 but I mention it because it figured in a charming plant 

 association that greatly attracted me. A clump^of a 



79 



