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until the frost destroys them, or, better still, 
some be grown that even the cruel nipping 
frost will not altogether spoil. One of the 
prettiest autumn flowers is the white Japanese 
anemone. There are some pink varieties, but 
they are not quite so attractive as the pure 
white. They grow tall (about three feet), and 
are suitable for a large bed or in a wild garden. 
The way to increase them is to divide their 
roots after they have died down, and if you 
were given even quite a small piece of root, it 
would soon make you a nice plant. Another 
autumn plant which grows easily from a small 
piece is Sedum spectabile , a very large stonecrop, 
a foot or more high, with round flat heads of 
pink flowers. It is curious to see how fond 
butterflies are of these flowers. I have often 
seen so many of the handsome Admiral butter¬ 
flies sitting on them that they looked like a rich 
brown instead of a pink flower. Any kind of 
garden suits these plants. Some varieties of 
monkshood blossom late in the year. They 
are large and suited to wild gardens, and do 
not mind a little shade. They are rather like 
the common monkshood, which flowers earlier, 
and are called the “autumn” and the “Japan¬ 
ese” varieties (Acomtum autumnale and A. 
japonicum). The bright “red-hot pokers,” 
(. Kniphofias ) flower in the late summer and 
