LATER FLOWERS 



as 178-1 and 187-1. Allied to this color is that 

 of the cosmos. By mistake seeds of tall mauve- 

 pink cosmos crept or fell into the garden this year. 

 In consequence, here are four tall plants of it, 

 with wide blooms, more every day. It happens 

 that the color which prevails in the library of our 

 house is dull blue — blue linen loose-covers and so 

 on. Nothing in flowers has ever suited this room 

 better than this day's adornment of a great vase 

 fiUed with mauve cosmos, above which spikes of 

 Aconitum Wilsonii lift their noble purple heads. 

 It is a miracle when one considers the date. But 

 what a glory lamps give to this cosmos; by day 

 its color is not clear — it has a more or less muddy 

 look; at night the warmest, brightest pink glows 

 in its petals. 



Turning back a little to the flowers of late sum- 

 mer, I find this date: July 21, phloxes, the earli- 

 est of the decussatas are now in full beauty. The 

 great splashes of color in the garden given by this 

 stalwart group of flowers are of interest in July 

 and August, and give an objective of no common 

 importance when one is rearranging the garden 

 in autumn. The scent of them, too, is so fresh, 

 clean, and sweet. As for color, I might name 

 again a few favorites — Eugene Danzanvilliers, the 



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