The earliest of the anemones is the Hupeh variety, still listed in some catalogues as Anemone hupehensis, although now considered a lower-growing and earlier variety of Ane mone japonica. The mauve-rose blossoms are produced in abundance on plants a foot or so high from the middle of August on. These are followed by their taller relatives, which range in color from the single Alba (also known as Honorine Joubert), and the semidouble white Maria Manchard, Whirl wind, and Louise Uhink, to the delicate, silvery, pink-shaded rose of September Charm, the "La France" pink of the semi double Queen Charlotte, and the good dark pink of Mar garete.

Hardy Asters (Michaelmas Daisies)

The tall hardy asters are sometimes considered too rank to deserve a place in any garden that makes a claim to being refined. We question such a stand, but concede they are too tall to be in scale in small gardens. However, the new race of hybrids called "cushion" or "dwarf" do not fall under this interdict. They are well suited to the front of the border, for they grow only about a foot high and are perfect mounds of bloom from early September on. Constance is a pure shell pink, Lilac Time a soft lilac, Ronald a lilac-pink, and Niobe a compact plant with pure white flowers. The Dwarf Oregon asters are a bit taller, about two and a half feet, and are ex cellent for the foreground to take the place of annuals which have passed. These asters begin to bloom in late August, and range from pure white through blue to purplish violet. Vio letta is a new variety that grows about three feet high and is a mass of deep, rich, blue flowers during September. It com poses well with yellow and white annuals in the foreground.

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums have long been important in gardens. Their one drawback has been lateness of bloom. Many of the more beautiful, large-flowered varieties were not hardy or were spoiled by early frosts just before they reached the peak of their perfection. In recent years the hybridizer has greatly improved the situation by introducing a number of early blooming varieties, particularly the "Cushion Chrysanthe mums," which are related to or developed from the popular Azaleamums. There is a good color range in this type, and the plants, only about a foot high and spreading two feet or more, are prolific with bloom during September.

Another strain of low-growing chrysanthemums, "Lilliput," suited for similar positions comes from England. There are several named varieties in this group, but like the taller so called English ones, they are not always perfectly hardy in colder sections and need some winter protection.