AUTUMN IN THE GARDEN ITl 



colour. In JVood and Garden there is a descrip- 

 tion of this border of Michaelmas daisies, which I 

 here quote. " The early days of October bring with 

 them the best bloom of the Michaelmas daisies, the 

 many beautiful garden kinds of the perennial asters. 

 They have, as they well deserve to have, a garden 

 to themselves. Passing along the wide path in 

 front of the big flower border, and through the 

 pergola that forms its continuation, with eye and 

 brain full of rich, warm colouring of flower and 

 leaf, it is a delightful surprise to pass through the 

 pergola's last right-hand opening and to come 

 suddenly upon the Michaelmas daisy garden in full 

 beauty. Its clean, fresh, pure colouring, of pale 

 and dark lilac, strong purple, and pure white, 

 among masses of pale-green foliage, forms a con- 

 trast almost startling after the warm colouring of 

 nearly everything else ; and the sight of a region 

 where the flowers are fresh and newly opened, and 

 in glad spring-like profusion, when all else is on 

 the verge of death and decay, gives an impression 

 of satisfying refreshment that is hardly to be 

 equalled throughout the year. Their special 

 garden is a wide border on each side of a path, its 

 length bounded on one side by a tall hedge of 

 filberts, and on the other side by clumps of yew. 



