OUR COUNTRY LIFE 



and that on the border's edge! It is far too splendid 

 to suppress; we will try it in another place next year. 

 Ageratum, the "true blue" is generally a favorite with 

 gardeners, and I can see the reason. It does bloom 

 persistently the entire summer. I hardly know why 

 I do not like it, but to me it lacks character as well as 

 scent. Possibly we have not yet discovered its proper 

 environment. 



Entirely around the border of the garden against 

 the wall are planted dahlias; these I think are a fixture. 

 Some seasons they begin to bear as early as July, and 

 as the days grow shorter they increase their efforts, 

 branching and budding and blooming until cold 

 weather seizes them. There stands the old-fashioned 

 stiff double dahlia in pink and yellow, white and 

 crimson; there the cactus dahlia in bright red (the 

 porcupine) or deep maroon (the Hagan) ; there the 

 century or single dahlia, most effective of them all. 

 From many seedlings we have chosen one to be our 

 favorite, one to bear the name of Wychwood, and this 

 flower with its white petals striped with a rich rose 



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