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bv scarcely any other flower except the autumn Colchicum. 

 It is a color we could not spare from the October garden, and 

 in its later stage the Hovver vies in delicate beauty with its 

 statlier white sister. The Anemone is not over fastidious as 

 to soil, and should be placed bodi in sun and shade, or partial 

 shade, to lengthen its Howering season. 



Fitting companions to the Anemones are several species of 

 the perennial Sunflower, notably the double Helianthtts ?nulii- 

 Jforns and H. oi-gyalis. The larger forms, like H. tuberosiis, 

 are too coarse for the flower-borders proper, or the shrubbery 

 of the foregroimd. On no account, liowever, should they be 



the gi'ounds. Where a thick, tropical-looking screen is de- 

 sired dming summer and fall, the Eulalia has few equals. 

 Eriantluis Ravenncc, a tall growing, reed-like perennial from 

 southern Europe, resembles it, but does not equal it for orna- 

 mental ]3urposes. Both (lower during October, the large 

 plumes of the latter reseml)ling those of the tender Pampas 

 Grass. During July and August Eulalia Japonica 7'ariegata 

 is always handsome. Less robust than the type, and more 

 sensitive to wind and heavy rains, it is apt to become beaten 

 down in autumn. The smaller variety, E. J. Zebrina, its 

 foliage marked crosswise with l)ands of white and green. 



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banished, but be placed in the rear garden, or set against a dis- 

 tant shrubbery, where their golden lights may shine. Among 

 the extensive Sunflower tribe there are few species more 

 showy during late summer than the large Silphium perfolia- 

 tuiii — a steadfast bloomer throughout August, and handsome 

 enough during its blossoming period to merit a post of honor 

 anywhere. The Sunflowers, it may be said, were born with- 

 out cultural directions. Nevertheless, in the case of the double 

 Multiflorus, occasional division is of great benefit to the vigor 

 of the plants and the numbers and size of the flowers. 



Attractive objects during autiunn are the Eulalias, or tall 

 Japanese Grasses, the type being the most robust. This may 

 be used with fine effect on either side of a gate or entrance to 



holds itself more erect, and is one of the most distinct and 

 ornamental of rushes or grasses. 



A fine combination for a bed might l)e made with a few 

 specimens of the type for the centre, siuTounded by the 

 smaller silver-leaved Zebrina. A bed of purple-leaved Cannas, 

 with their scarlet, Strelit/.ia-like flowers, fringed with the white 

 Japanese Anemone, would also be worth looking o%'er to see 

 in one's neighbor's garden. And, for a change from the tire- 

 some Geranium-I:)ed, why not a bed of fragrant yellow and 

 white Iceland Poppies, which are so easily raised from seed 

 sown the summer before they are required, to be succeeded 

 bv the Salvia's flame. Or, if Geraniums must be used, a bed 

 of the salmon or light-colored kinds, even if they be not quite 



