GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



The leafage of these plants is more varied and finer 

 than that of the well-known rose mallow, and up to 

 the present time it is reputed, like that of peonies, to 

 be free from blights and insect pests. From the time 

 of the first bloom in August until the early frosts, there 

 is no flower that can vie with that of the mallow marvels 

 in size and gorgeousness, and most deservedly they 

 should prove an acquisition to gardens near the sea. 



Golden glow, Rudbeckia lanceolata, and its kin, 

 Coreopsis grandiflora, the sneezeworts, or heleniums, 

 and various sunflowers and golden-rods are all excellent 

 plants for broad, brilliant effects such as go with the 

 days of waning summer and autumn. They should 

 invariably be kept in the background. As members 

 of outstanding clumps of planting, by fences, and 

 before shrubbery, they give much brightness. They 

 are a little too pronounced in character to come near 

 to the heart of the garden proper. 



Plants more choice in personality, and especially 

 liked in intimate planting for bloom during the zsum- 

 mer and later season, are the monk's-hood, Aconitum 

 autumnale, with spikes of quaintly shaped flowers 

 that gleam in shady places; the curious turtle heads, 

 Chelone Lyonii and glabra; the brilliant native gentians, 

 and the red-hot poker plants, Tritomas. These latter 

 plants are not so hardy as is often supposed and have 

 been found unable to winter well in many seaside 

 gardens. They should be planted in the spring in 

 situations not strongly exposed and be given later 

 a very warm winter cover, unless the severity of the 

 climate makes it necessary to take them up altogether 



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