[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] fordescription.

Monks Hood.

Ac-o-ni-tum.

Curiously shaped blue andwhite flowers. Will growin shade.

Buy the plants.

3-5 feet.

Hardy Phlox.*

See [List of HardyPerennials for LittleFolks 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, orbuy the plants.

36 inches.

Hardy Asters* (“Starwort”).

Mich-ael-mas Dai-sies.

See [Garden for LittleFolks] 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, whiteflowers. If grown fromseed, protect withshade-cover untilstarted.

Cover well in the Fallwith straw or leaves.Will not grow in allsoils.

2-4 feet.

Blanket Flower.

Gail-lard-i-a.

See [Garden for LittleFolks] for description.

Coreopsis.*

See [Garden for LittleFolks] for description.
Red Hot Poker.
Flame Flower.
Torch Lily.

Tri-to-ma.

Yellow-orange-scarletshowy flowers hangingdownward in long clusterson “spike” heads.

Buy plants. Not shown inthe Cut-Out.

36 inches.

Tufted Pansies.

Vi-o-la Cor-nu-ta.

See [List No. 3] fordescription.

Hybrid Tea Roses.

See [Chapter XXXV] onRoses.

Thoroughwort.*

Eu-pa-to-ri-um.

See [Garden for LittleFolks] for description.

Note.—Most seed houses furnish collections of seeds of Wild Flowers. Theymay 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.