204 A LITTLE GARDEN THE YEAR ROUND 



patiently cared for without lapse of vigilance 

 and properly fertilized one may hope to coax 

 forth a second blossoming before frost. 



AUGUST 



Who, this first of the Autumn months, on 

 contemplating the full August beauty of the 

 garden he has planned and planted, can fail to 

 have his soul stirred with the thought of Na- 

 ture's marvelous works in the recollection that 

 his own hand was so willingly lent to those hu- 

 man tasks that seldom fail in such rewards as 

 that of the spiritual satisfaction one derives 

 on the memorable occasion which these vines, 

 crowning gardens with their full glory, should 

 be? How grateful we are for the nodding 

 Anemones with their white or rose-colored blos- 

 soms, for Dicentra, for the Evening Primrose 

 still with us, for the gorgeous golden Helian- 

 thus, the pale Moonflower, Mignonette, the 

 Pinks which claim August for their own, and 

 old Snapdragon, ingenious and entertaining. 

 Then there is lovely Veronica in royal purple 

 and Madam Zinnia, with more colors in her 

 attractive raiment than ever artists have 

 dreamed of mixing on their palettes. The gar- 



