The whites are Dahlias Constance and Henry Patrick,
Pyrdhrum tdiginosum, the charming perennial Aster
Colerette Blanche, a taller white or yellowish white
Aster with rough stems and harsh-feeling foliage that
I know as A. umhellatus. Here also are white Japan
Anemones, white Snapdragons and white China Asters
of the large, long-stemmed late-blooming kind that
were formerly known as Vick's, but are^ now called
Mammoth. Among the grey bordering plants are
groups of dwarf Ageratum, one of the best of the tender
plants of September and quite excellent with the
accompanying grey foliage. The grey bordering is not
merely an edging but a general front groundwork,
running here and there a yard deep into the border.
Begonias are at their best throughout the month of
September. Beds of Begonias alone never seem to me
quite satisfactory. Here there is no opportunity for
growing them in beds, but I have them in a bit of narrow
border that is backed by shrubs, but is kept constantly

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enriched. A groundwork of the large-leaved form of
Megasea cardifolia is planted so as to surround variously
sized groups of Begonias — groups of from five to nine
plants. The setting of the more solid leaves gives the
Begonias a better appearance and makes their bright
bloom tell more vividly. They follow in this sequence
of colouring : yellow, white, palest pink, full pink, rose,
deep red, deep rose, salmon^ose, red-lead colour or
orange-scarlet, scarlet, red-lead and orange.
