supposed to add its glowing note to Autumn's glory 

 and it certainly promises well; the glistening lance- 

 shaped foliage is said to be evergreen ; of that as 

 yet I cannot say, but up to the present it is com- 

 pletely charming. Last Spring I planted a great 

 number of strong plants of Buddleia variabilis 

 superba as a base planting to the Tamarix family, 

 every member of which blooms in a different 

 month, therefore extending the season of the Tam- 

 arix flower sprays and panicles all through the 

 Summer to early Fall. What a valuable and lovely 

 family of shrubs the Tamarix are ! Why, I have 

 seen their feathery sprays dripping with the salt 

 sea water, and again I have seen Tamarix revel- 

 ing in the dry, hot air of an inland garden. Some 

 one has said, " What a pity the Tamarix, so feath- 

 ery, so delicate of form and color, should be so 

 ugly at its base." I am sorry that I must admit 

 this defect in Tamarix, and that is why I plant 

 the Buddleia variabilis superba to screen its base. 

 If you could but see what showering graceful 

 Buddleia has done for the Tamarix ! Perhaps I 

 can give you an idea of it. Just now the variety 

 Hispida aestivalis is in bloom and has been nearly 

 all through July and will be through August. The 

 variety Africana flowered late in May and part of 

 June, Gallica's fiesh-pink flower racimes opened 



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