CHAPTER X. Autumn Garden

AUTUMN GARDEN

LIST No. 4

THIRTEEN HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS WHICH BLOOM IN THE EARLY AND LATE FALL

As pictured in the Mary Frances Garden Cut-Out No. 4.

------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- | Botanical | | Common Name. | Name. | Remarks. |Height. | | | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Hardy Larkspur. | Del-phin-i-um.| See List No. 3 for | | | description. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Monks Hood. | Ac-o-ni-tum. | Curiously shaped blue and | 3-5 | | white flowers. Will grow | feet. | | in shade. | | | | | | Buy the plants. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Hardy Phlox.* | | See List of Hardy | | | Perennials for Little | | | Folks Garden. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Sneezewort. | He-len-i-um. | Yellow, old-gold, | 36 | | changing to terra-cotta, |inches. | | daisy-like flowers. | | | | | | Buy “Riverton Gem,” | | | “Riverton Beauty.” | | | | | | Plant seed in August, or | | | buy the plants. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Hardy Asters* | Mich-ael-mas | See Garden for Little | 36 (“Starwort”). | Dai-sies. | Folks for description. |inches. ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Hardy | | All colors except blue | 15-24 Chrysanthemums.* | | and purple. |inches. ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Wind Flower. | A-nem-o-ne | Rose, pink, white | 2-4 | Ja-pon-i-ca. | flowers. If grown from | feet. | | seed, protect with | | | shade-cover until | | | started. | | | | | | Cover well in the Fall | | | with straw or leaves. | | | Will not grow in all | | | soils. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Blanket Flower. | Gail-lard-i-a.| See Garden for Little | | | Folks for description. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Coreopsis.* | | See Garden for Little | | | Folks for description. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Red Hot Poker. | Tri-to-ma. | Yellow-orange-scarlet | 36 | | showy flowers hanging |inches. Flame Flower. | | downward in long clusters | | | on “spike” heads. | Torch Lily. | | | | | Buy plants. Not shown in | | | the Cut-Out. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Tufted Pansies. | Vi-o-la | See List No. 3 for | | Cor-nu-ta. | description. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Hybrid Tea Roses. | | See Chapter XXXV on | | | Roses. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------- Thoroughwort.* |Eu-pa-to-ri-um.| See Garden for Little | | | Folks for description. | ------------------+---------------+---------------------------+------— NOTE.—Most seed houses furnish collections of seeds of Wild Flowers. They may be had in tall-growing and dwarf varieties for a very reasonable price. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

* If garden space is small, select only the names marked with a star.

EARLY AND LATE FALL HARDY GARDEN

For directions for making, see Chapter LXII]

MARY FRANCES GARDEN CUT-OUT

No. 4

For description of the flowers shown here see Chapter X.

List of flowers shown in the Early and Late Fall Hardy Garden

Hardy Larkspur, Monk’s Hood, Hardy Phlox, Helenium, Hardy Asters, Hardy Chrysanthemums, Anemone, Japanese Wind Flower, Gaillardia, Coreopsis, Tufted Pansies, Eupatorium.