4 OCTOBER 1940, Page 11

Late Daisies

A very real addition to the beauty of the garden at this date is that more or less recent discovery, the dwarf Michaelmas Daisy. It has been advantaged by a number of new varieties, of re which some are very dwarf indeed. A border given up wholly

to these asters is a very brilliant spectacle at this date, and some

tr of the best of the taller sorts have still to flower. It would be a possible to arrange almost unbroken tiers of blossom from a few inches to five feet in height. And how the flowers arc encompassed by insects, by bees, bumble bees, wasps and Admiral butterflies. They seem to prefer them even to a very floriferous plant of Sedum spectabile, close alongside, though this is regarded as the most potent of lures.