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CRABS AND BERRIES
by Glare Beaton Rea 7iic Ae~w_
September begins the 'season of
My own garden firework is
mellow fruitfulness', a phrase to Cornus alba sibirica. It came to Solid fuel, open fire and stoves.
conjure the worst that television me as a sucker from a chalk Boilers, cookers and room heaters,
advertising can gather before a garden where its parent had also coal/gas effect firest and stoves.
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display their virtues and sprawl leave scarlet stems to glow
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their earlier, more stinted per- those shrubs best cut to ground For a high standard
formance. Mixed in with all this level every year or two. of work
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vowels like butter) we think of moment to go fathter afield is
the spectacular leaf tints from the Lydiard Park. There is a marvel-
Japanese Maples, the Tulip trees lous sweep of lawn down to the The garden
and Liquidambers that make lake, with large horse chestnuts to be
Stourhead Garden and Weston- and a great cedar tree. If you proud
birt Arboretum such a spectacle walk there along Shaw Ridge planning
of
in October. But such colour only there will also be the colours of design
appears in some years. Closer to the new plantings to enjoy. construction
home, there is a more gentle P. S. September is the best month plant selection
change. The margins of horse to sow your spring bulbs.
chestnut and oak leaves go
yellowish. Carmine reds dull the
rowan and whitebeam leaves. Planning Your Bulb
This effect is more like a tapestry THE
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