This is about the time we move our things from the reserve garden, spoken of before, and from the late-sown seed beds, and plant into the borders and square beds those amiable autumn annuals that do not seem to mind moving at all, such as French Marigolds, Tagetes, Everlastings, Scabious, etc. The Phloxes, Michaelmas Daisies, and early low-growing Chrysanthemums, grown in the reserve garden, move just as well in warm, dry weather as in wet, only, of course, they must be well and continuously watered till the weather changes and they have taken hold. The large Sedum spectabile, so loved by the bees in September, also moves perfectly in the same way, and, in a large mass, makes a very handsome autumn plant. I am sure that the system of reserve garden and moving plants and seedlings in July can be extended and experimented upon to almost any extent, Next year I must try it with the Veronica spicata-white, blue, and pink. They are very pretty things when flowering well and healthily, and they come into bloom at a time of year when herbaceous plants are scarce. Campanula turbinata, blue and white, are useful for the same reason.

Alstroemerias do very well on dry, light soil; they want mulching in spring, but are no trouble at all when once established. A. aurantiaca is the easiest to grow, but A. chilensis is the most beautiful. The seeds of the best flowers are worth keeping and sowing, to improve the colour and size of the flowers. The white one I have not yet succeeded in making grow from seeds, but I saw it at the Horticultural Show, and it was most beautiful and delicate. I find that buying the bulbous rootlets dried is no use at all, they do not grow. They do not mind moving in August after flowering, and they are best increased as Lilies of the Valley are-by digging out square pieces, filling in with good soil and dropping in the pieces cut out where they are wanted somewhere else without disturbing the earth that clings to them. If you ever try to force your own Lilies of the Valley, pick out the best crowns, but never put them into the greenhouse till frost has been on them, and never mulch outdoor Lilies of the Valley before March, and then only with leaf mould. As Lilies are an early spring flower, you will find they do better under a wall facing east than anywhere else.