THE FLOWER BORDER IN AUGUST 75 



Michaelmas Daisies that will bloom in September, 

 such as Aster acris and A. Shortii. At the back there 

 are Dahlias, white and pale yellow, with white and 

 sulphur Hollyhocks, and, in the middle spaces, pale 

 pink Gladiolus, double Saponaria officinalis, and pale 

 pink Pentstemon. At the back, also, there is a clump 

 of Globe Thistle {Echinops) and a grand growth of 

 Clematis Jackmanii, following in season of bloom, 

 and partly led over, a white Everlasting Pea, that 

 in the earlier summer was trained to conceal the 

 dying stems of the red-orange Lilies that bloomed in 

 June. 



There is also a short length of double border specially 

 devoted to August, of the same character, though not 

 so fully developed, as what will be described in a 

 further chapter as the Grey Garden. Here, the space 

 being small, it heis'been given specially to the more 

 restricted season. The scheme of colouring has a 

 ground of grey foUage, with flowers of pink, white, 

 and hght and dark purple. 



Next the path is the silvery white of Stachys, 

 Cineraria maritima and Artemisia stelleriana, with 

 the grey foliage and faint purple of the second bloom 

 of Catmint. Then bushy masses of Lavender and 

 Gypsophila, and between them Liliwm longiflorum, 

 Godetia Double Rose and white Snapdragons. Behind 

 and among these are groups of the clear white Achillea 

 The Pearl, and the round purple heads of Globe-thistle. 

 Here and there, pushing to the front, is a Silver Thistle 

 {Eryngium giganteum). At the back shoot up Pink 



