HOUSE AND GARDEN 
August, 
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Mammoth White cosmos. You must start 
the seeds early indoors in the spring to 
get much bloom before frosts 
Rudbeckia speciosa is of the same family as 
golden glow, but a single flower and of 
lower growth 
The Shirley poppy is a refined variety of 
the corn poppy, with wonderfully beauti¬ 
ful thin crinkled petals 
York. It must be remembered that the blooming' period varies 
by about a week with each one hundred miles, earlier south, later 
north. 
Perennials 
Bee Balm, Oswego Tea, Indian Plumes (Monarda didyrna ) 
is one of the best red-flowering herbs. In damp localities, such 
as beside a brook, you will be most likely to find its fragrant 
foliage, growing to a height of two and a half feet. 
Moldavian balm (Dracocephamm Moldavicnm) is another 
moisture-loving plant, with small, short-lived blue flowers. It 
will be found thriving in a shaded, sandy loam, moderately rich. 
Hardy begonia (B. Evansiana ) is a tuberous-rooted plant 
producing rose pink flowers very freely. Not widely known but 
worthy of a more general cultivation. 
Golden glow (Rudbeckia laciniata) is common enough to 
need little searching for. It grows to a height of six feet and 
produces a wealth of clear yellow flowers (see illustration). 
Once established, it spreads by offsets of the root with amazing- 
rapidity. A colony of it may be had for the asking from any of 
your gardening neighbors, and the roots may be divided and 
transplanted at any time. The red plant louse attacks it, but this 
pest may be kept in check by spraying the plants with soapy water. 
Perennial pea (Lathyms latifolius ) is another tuberous- 
rooted plant—a rampant vine, with many flowers of a rosy ma¬ 
genta appearing in clusters. Improved varieties are obtainable in 
white, striped and deep purple. 
Phlox (P. paniculata) was mentioned in last month’s list, as 
the earliest varieties appear late in July. Through this month and 
next do not fail to make the acquaintance of all the varieties you 
You probably know these everlasting or 
straw flowers (Helichrysum bracteatum ) 
of our grandmothers’ gardens 
And surely you know the sunflower, but do 
you know the perennial variety as well as 
the common annual? 
Veronica or Speedwell is a dominant 
feature of the New Zealand landscape— 
long spikes of flowers in an intense blue 
