Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1926, Page 26

REAL ESTATE. LANDSCAPE GARDENING For the Small Home BY ROSE GREELY, Landscape Architect. The hdrdy perennial asters, whichspikes of beautifu! white flo,;,"" bear a multitude of small flowers, are | zrows 4 or 5 feet tall and is good in thef often called by tne old English name [ ack of the border. Its flowers are of Michaelmas daisies to distinguish | 11so excellent for cutting. Sam Ban-| ;::e";s"\?:‘lc the large-fowered China | pu oy large white flowe;u ;’k:“::j be replanted every e {Dlue fowers, of ciimax. And s ball is a lower-growing double white, which may be used in the center of | the border. But on the whole white h iess effective than | ta::?:sc:l?reflm‘:l:fleuel. And for the | white that every garden must have.| the aster. like boltonia (boltonia aster- oides), with pure white asterlike flow- ers in great profusion, often takes a useful one, but particularly in England, where the frosts come too carly to allow anthemums to are of necessity of late Fall. In the vicinity where chrysanthemums flourish, sters are often somewhat neglected. Their omission from the garden is a mis- : A il take, for the effect that they give|the place of white . is fuite different from that of the| Pink and the pinkish lfl\em;,er! are | chrysanthemums. The compact growth | colors not to be neglected in the n‘ster of the latter, their flower: ¢|family. Although they do not blen in small, Ug] with the chrysanthemum colors, tt;e their color range|are to he particularly commended fol through the warm tones of vellow,|use against a background of gra bronze, pink and red are all in con: |Stonewalls or in connection with gra. trast to the aster. Hardy v | foliage plants. Only the strangly co Sr Sieight from 1 oot 06 | ored chrysanthemums are taboo, since Peritiery Babit ottt a goodly sprinkling of white and a starlike flowers in blues, dash of pale vellow are needed to il complete the scheme. For such a| planting use as.the deepest color note | aster nova gliae ryecroft pink, which is a bright. rosy pink of an in- tense color for an aster. with yellow centers. It is tall_and pf a free | branching habit. Plant nearby a pinkish-lavender varlety like delicata, which is of medium height, or elta, which is slightly taller with large | double flowers of pale lavender. And farther down in the border, placed, if | possible, o that its color will tel | against the gray of stone. plan for a group of aster novibelgi. St. Egwin, with pink _flowers covering its branches, or Thelma Perry, with large flower-trusses of fine pin Once plant hardy asters and you will never be without them. During the Summer their finely-cut foliage makes an excellent background. and in the Fall the smokelike beauty of their massed color will delight you. Fortunately they are ve cultivate, growing equally or partial shade and demanding only to be weeded out if they crowd more delicate flowers, or to be divided every few vears. In addition to their ef- fect in the garden, they are useful for cut flowers. and as they bloom | profusely they can be cut in quantity without™ spoiing the color of the border. eclate the value of rden one must think not of their individual flowers. but of the garden as a whole. with its pat rn of color against a background of In the Autumn the smokelike colors of the asters may play an im- portant part this pattern, clear blue, there subtle violet, pink venience in studying their color pos- sibilities e usually grouped in four cl white. hard to actually di- vide them, because the colors blend tnto each other so that it is impossi- ble to tell where one ends and an- begins. Qne can the d blues. but beyond the clear delightful range of ton r. pink lavender and blue It is important to divide the avenders from the rest if they 0 be used with chrysanthemums, cause the pinks of the two flowers Are not apt to blend. In the chrysan- thetiums the pinks always contain vellow, inclining to the asters the pink violet and contain yellow With chrysanthemums use blue or hlue other select e rather than lavender asters, like the follow- Aster novibelgi. blue gem, deep i-double flowers with golden- | centers, tall-growing; Joan aughan. also tall, with larger flowers | of soft blue: cloudy blue, growing 4 feet high. with fl s of a paler lav- ender blue: of Colwall, 23%feet, with double flowers of ageratum blue, max. 5 feet, branching habit and large lavends blue flowers. Whether there are white chrysanth mums or not. the white asters may be used. Mald of Colwall with July Building Lower. The volume of building permits issued in 20 principal cities during July (index number 197) was 11 per cent less than that recorded for June. | The money value was $193,115,000. | The total volume of buflding permit issued during the first seven months of 1926 was 3 per cent less than the | | volume recorde or the first se { loose | months of 1925. it We Will Exchange THE EVENING STAR, ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1926. | , AN AUTUMN GARDEN WITH HARDY ASTERS I i o e W) ) A7 25 SRS 5 TN Aster o ST s A < o \]oflflVfl%"&nr = Cloudy ‘l ey e \ N \Asfer Cloudy Dlue fol /. il Cheysanthers > ; : - Nt G tamp AT ) * — : [ ¢ p&/fi#\,z'fl»fi‘ .’\75}”/—\3-"' ‘\"LK" L"_("J s '_f" ool ¥ New ‘Detached Homes of indescribable ¢ RB Winnny, beauty and value Q BY FAR the most popular homes to be had in Chevy Chase, Maryland, today! English and Colonial designs with large grounds and the finest of modern construc- tion. 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