COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



hued annuals that celebrate the autumn festival hand- 

 somely are Snapdragons like Orange King, Fireflame, 

 Sunset, and Orange Prince; Nemesias, Marigolds, Calen- 

 dulas, Zinnias in the scarlet, buff, and burnt orange shades; 

 and the fine African Daisy, Dimorphotheca aurantiaca. 



The new early-flowering hardy Chrysanthemums are also 

 in bloom in the early fall and too much may not be said in 

 favour of their inclusion among our autumn flowers. They, 

 of course, can never take the place in our hearts of the old- 

 fashioned hardy little plants of the November garden — 

 the little brown buttons, the ashen pink tufts, and the 

 ragged yellow fellows — but they give us the beauty of 

 Chrysanthemums many weeks before we should have the 

 old-fashioned ones and add much to the scope of our autumn 

 planning. In fine harmony with the scheme of the season 

 are Sevenoaks, pure bright yellow; Nina Blick, golden 

 bronze; Harvest Home, of much the same colouring as the 

 last; October Gold and Billancourt, rich terra cotta. The 

 early pale-coloured sorts like Fee Japonaise, Normandie, 

 and Dorothy are a valuable addition to the garden's supply 

 of light colours and some of the pink and crimson sorts will 

 be found fine in association with the pretty Blue Spiraea 

 (Caryopteris Mastacanthus, or more properly C. incana) or 

 the lavender Eupatorium. Single-flowered Chrysanthemums 

 are also coming into favour and show many fine colours. 



English people make much use of Golden Rod, not only 

 in their natural planting but in the hardy borders, and our 

 nurserymen are offering a number of kinds. To me they 

 ever have an alien look in the prescribed atmosphere of the 

 dressed garden. They seem true creatures of the wild, born 



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