AUTUMN IN THE GARDEN 173 



is still one of the most striking, and is a brilliant 

 picture by lake side, though it does not want its 

 roots actually in water. Noble varieties are Grandis 

 maxima and Glaucescens ; the former is one of the 

 most striking of the family, the stems under 

 suitable conditions rising to a height of eight feet. 

 But it is only in groups at certain points of vantage 

 that the full beauty of the kniphofia is revealed. 



The starworts, flame-flowers, perennial sun- 

 flowers, early-flowering chrysanthemums, and the 

 moon daisy {Pyrethrum uliginosum) are, when in 

 masses, able to fill the garden with colour. I have 

 written of the beauty of the tea-rose in autumn 

 when the colours seem stronger and the scent richer 

 than in the high days of summer, but certain plants 

 I should like to see more used. There is, for 

 example, the moon daisy, the flower of the moon, a 

 tall, graceful, daisy-like plant with a wealth of pale 

 white flowers on tall stems which bend before the 

 slightest breeze. I once planted a large group of 

 this in a ditch, not of course filled with water, and 

 the effect of the flowers in the soft moonlight of an 

 autumn evening was peculiarly charming. It is 

 one of the most picturesque of autumn-flowering 

 perennials, not so much in the conventional mixed 

 border as in such a position as I have indicated. 



