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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
lilac and pale blue. Mont Blanc, pure white, 
Nimrod, deep purple ; and Anton, lavender 
flecked with rose, are all fine varieties. 
Anyone growing English and Spanish iris in 
quantity would do well to sow seeds of some 
annual such as gypsophila or nigella in the 
same border, for it will spring up and hide the 
yellowing and dying foliage which otherwise 
is so unsightly. 
Michaelmas Daisies 
Of all flowers that really need a garden to 
themselves, the Michaelmas daisy is un- 
questionably first. For catalogue purposes 
the name “ aster ” must be retained, but they 
are also called “ starworts,” an imported name 
much used in America, where these flowers, 
together with Golden Rod, grow wild in all 
woods and waste-places. There is even a 
tiny variety that I have seen growing in fields, 
a weed some 4 inches high. 
No frost will touch these hardy things. 
All they want is room, room to branch out ; 
and to show them to the best advantage they 
should be grown among low-growing shrubs 
that will support them. Otherwise, if grown 
in an open space in any quantity, the labour 
of staking and tying will be great ; and yet 
