210 A LITTLE GARDEN THE YEAR ROUND 



brisk endeavor, and we shall be finding our- 

 selves eager to enter with zest upon another 

 season's occupations. Our gardens wiU still 

 give us plenty to do and our hands need not be 

 idle in their service. 



There is something satisfying about Sep- 

 tember's well-settled beds of gorgeous Asters, 

 Gladioli, Cosmos and the Lilies that have not 

 yet forsaken us. We may miss the Daffodils 

 of May, the Roses of June, the Columbine of 

 July, and Veronica, fair maid of the August 

 garden, but we still have Ageratum, Anemone 

 Campanula, Clarkia, Dahlia, Foxglove, Go- 

 detia, Helianthus, Lobelia, Moonflower, dear 

 little Love-in-a-Mist, and many other old fa- 

 vorites with us. How glad we are, as we step 

 forth in the early morning to gather bouquets 

 for the house, that we took the trouble to plan 

 for, to plant and to care for the blue Aconite, 

 the purple Aster, Bellflower, rose-purple 

 Chelone, Helium and Helianthus — each as 

 golden and as glorious as the other, — the Scar- 

 let Lobelia, Phlox, Rudbeckia and blushing 

 Sedum. 



We look around upon our garden's delights 

 with pride, and even our garden mistakes seem 



