SPRING AND AUTUMN 
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and superbum , the light yellow, do well in 
partial shade and are very gay ; while the tall, 
late-flowering white daisy, Ryrethrum uliginosum , 
is most graceful with its pale green leaves and 
rather long fragile petals, and much appreciates 
shelter from rough wind and rain when in 
bloom. Another late-flowering plant, enjoy- 
ing a cool root-run and to be undisturbed, is 
Anemone japonic a , in white and rose. No 
clumps of this plant in a border ever give the 
effect that a long stretch planted in partial 
shade in some wild garden does, and it will 
flower until the frosts come. Monkshood or 
aconitum gives a note of blue useful at this 
time of year, both in navy blue as well as light 
blue and white. It also enjoys a partially 
shaded place and a cool soil. 
Should a real blaze of colour be desired for 
October, try to get a background of maple 
trees, the common pale, yellow-leaved kind, 
which make such rich splashes of colour in 
our hedges, as well as some of the American 
sugar maples, which turn scarlet and flame 
colour. Also some sumachs, both the fern- 
leaved, well-known sort, and the less well- 
known Rhus cotinoides ; the first one turning 
bright red, and the second with colouring too 
vivid for words, and not to be mistaken for 
