25 OCTOBER 1946, Page 13

In My Garden

The herbaceous border is improved by the addition of a few shrubs. Among the most suitable is the hybrid buddleia. In the fourth week of October its flowers, half tassels, half rosettes, were surpassing the Michaelmas daisies as lures for butterflies, among which were sulphurs. Dahlias have seldom flowered so late ; but they must be dug up, cleaned of earth and stored as soon as they are cut. Their chemical reactions in winter are curious and striking. They should be kept fairly warm and airy, rather like green tomatoes, which to ripen well need not less than