COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



give way to panic before the onslaughts of early frosts as 

 do many of the more succulent annuals, resolving at once 

 into pulpy masses of blackened matter dreadful to look 

 upon, but bear themselves bravely and light the garden 

 well into brown November. The latest flowering perennials 

 that I know are Helianthus Maximilianii, Chrysanthemum 

 nipponicum, Anemone japonica, Hardy Chrysanthemums, 

 Aconitum autumnale; Asters Novelty, grandiflorus, and 

 amellus elegans; and Eupatorium ageratoides. 



The last-named plant is a native that may with great 

 propriety and benefit be brought into the garden. It grows 

 four feet tall and has broad, flat flower heads of a soft 

 gray-white colour and it thrives in the shade. This with 

 the handsome Chrysanthemum nipponicum, Phlox Jeanne 

 d'Arc, and Japanese Anemones provide about all the good 

 white flowers for our autumn scheming, but as a matter of 

 fact we need white flowers at this time less than at any other. 

 They interrupt the rich and dignified ensemble which most 

 completely satisfies the eye at this season. 



Few shrubs and trees bloom in the autumn, but many 

 contribute decorative fruit or glowing foliage to the last 

 festival of the garden's life. The little Abelia chinensis 

 continues to offer its waxen flowers well into the autumn and 

 keeps its leafage halfway through the winter. The Rose of 

 Sharon, too, is handsome and conspicuous in the autumn' 

 garden. I like particularly the slaty-lavender sorts and 

 some that are a rich old rose. A few other shrubs that 

 blossom late are Buddleia Davidii Veitchiana, Tamarix 

 pentandra or aestivalis, T. gallica indica, and Hamamelis 

 virginica, our native Witch Hazel. 



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