154 MY GROWING GARDEN 



and easy as ever. That dry place near the maple 

 tree is ablaze with Scarlet Dragon salvia, and the 

 conoclinium continues its mist of blue. In another 

 of the garden beds — ^and I wish they were all 

 borders ! — ^the pleasing salpiglossis holds up its odd 

 flowers in much richness. Some lantanas nearby 

 are now a mass of orange and yellow flowers, and 

 the soiu-ce of a strong and not disagreeable odor. 

 Another catalogue disappointment is now in bloom 

 in Helenium autumnale rubrum. Note that last 

 Latin word, which means red, and which is why I 

 bought the plants. With a magnifying glass, at 

 times, it is possible to note a bit of scarlet in the 

 mass of "sneezewort" blooms now open, but 

 generally they are just plain orange, and nothing 

 more. I was almost enough provoked at the fraud 

 to "see red," but that wouldn't improve the hue 

 of the flowers. 



The snapdragons are now in their glory, and I 

 think they'll keep it up until after the first frosts, 

 if we pick them often enough. Clear white, and a 

 lovely shade of pink, are my favorites, though some 

 deep scarlet blooms are pretty fine. I'm sticking 

 to the dwarf or Tom Thumb and intermediate 

 classes, as the tall forms tend to blow over in the 

 winds that sweep this garden. 



Seedsmen are generally carefxil, but I've been 



