XI 



AUTUMN IN THE GARDEN 



Winter, spring, and summer have their respective 



charms, but it is in autumn that one is enabled 



to create brilliant effects from the starworts or 



perennial asters, known perhaps more familiarly 



as Michaelmas daisies, perennial sun-flowers, the 



flame -flowers, as the kniphofias or tritomas are 



popularly called, cannas, dahlias, and other plants 



as sumptuous in their flower colouring. 



The starwort in its more recent form has 



certainly given a fresh beauty and interest to the 



autumn months, and I think I am correct in 



attributing much of its* present-day popularity to 



Mr. William Robinson, who in his garden at 



Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead, some years ago, 



planted the starworts in the woodland, amongst 



rhododendrons, and in many other beautiful ways 



to show the true character of the plant. I well 



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