TEN] AMONG THE FLOWERS 
salvia. Set it in a cool, loose soil, and you will find 
the brilliant scarlet most comfortable as the 
weather passes away from the heat of summer. It 
is well to have a few plants standing singly and con- 
spicuous — even in your vegetable garden. I espe- 
cially admire a long border or hedge of this magnif- 
icent flower. It will succumb to a snapping frost, 
and for that reason it would be well to have a few 
plants growing in pots. Among our autumn flow- 
ering plants the cosmos is valuable and easily 
grown. I have sometimes had difficulty in getting 
it into perfect bloom before freezing weather. The 
anemones are not open to this objection, because 
they will endure a very decided freezing. Along 
the border of your autumn corner be sure to have 
a few plants of hellebore, or Christmas rose. 
This will defy the frosts of November, and will 
frequently lift its blossoms right through three 
or four inches of snow. 
Admire bulbs, bedding plants, biennials, and an- 
nuals according to taste, yet the average country 
home will rely, and ought to rely, chiefly for its 
flora! display on blossoming shrubs. ‘These we have 
not yet more than begun to develop and appreciate. 
Our woodsides, our swales, our forest openings 
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