CHAPTER X

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.

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.