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.
Common Name.      Botanical 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 white flowers. Will grow in shade.
Buy the plants.
 3-5 feet.
Hardy Phlox.*
  
See List of Hardy Perennials for Little Folks Garden.
  
Sneezewort.
He-len-i-um.
Yellow, old-gold, changing to terra-cotta, daisy-like flowers.
Buy “Riverton Gem,” “Riverton Beauty.”
Plant seed in August, or buy the plants.
 36 inches.
Hardy Asters* (“Starwort”).
Mich-ael-mas Dai-sies.
See Garden for Little Folks for description.
 36 inches.
Hardy Chrysanthemums.*
  
All colors except blue and purple.
15-24 inches.
Wind Flower.
A-nem-o-ne Ja-pon-i-ca.
Rose, pink, white flowers. If grown from seed, protect with shade-cover until started.
Cover well in the Fall with straw or leaves. Will not grow in all soils.
2-4 feet.
Blanket Flower.
Gail-lard-i-a.
See Garden for Little Folks for description.
 
Coreopsis.*
  
See Garden for Little Folks for description.
  
Red Hot Poker.
Flame Flower.
Torch Lily.
Tri-to-ma.
Yellow-orange-scarlet showy flowers hanging downward in long clusters on “spike” heads.
Buy plants. Not shown in the Cut-Out.
36 inches.
Tufted Pansies.
Vi-o-la Cor-nu-ta.
See List No. 3 for 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.