for August. 1920 



291 



THE QUESTIONNAIRE 



Subscribers are united to )nakc free use 

 of this department to soke problems that 

 may arise in their garden work. Questions 

 on the ordinary pursuits of gardening, that 

 can be readily answered by applying to the 

 usual reference boohs should not be re- 

 ferred to the Questionnaire. 



Here and There 



EUONYMUS RADICANS. 



F.Ki'iiyiiius riidu\!iis is the unly evergreen 

 climbing plant really hardy in this climate 

 which can attach itself lirinly to stone, brick 

 or concrete walls. There are a number of 

 varieties of this variable plant in cultiva- 

 tion, and the handsomest of them is the 

 broad-leafed form from northern Japan, 

 known as var. vcgetiis. This plant can 

 grow in Massachusetts to the eaves of a 

 tall house and completely clothe its walls 

 with a cover which grows thicker by an 

 annual shortening of the branches, or if a 

 wall is not provided for it to cling to it 

 will grow as a low round-topped dense 

 shrub. Like the other forms of the species 

 it can also be used to cover the ground 

 under trees and shrubs, but as a ground 

 cover it is improved by occasional clipping. 



This variety fcgctiis is now covered with 

 its small yellow-green flowers which will 

 be followed by abundant pink fruit, which 

 adds greatly to the decorative value of this 

 variety which is the only form of E. radi- 

 caiis which has flowered in the Arnold 

 Arboretum. The e.xtreme cold of two recent 

 Winters injured the leaves on many plants 

 of this var. vegetus iii eastern Massachu- 

 setts, but the wood was not hurt and the 

 branches were soon covered with a new- 

 crop of leaves. 



EFFECT OF LIGHT ON PLANTS. 



The information that government experts 

 are accused of giving out, as a result of 

 experiments by thern, "That plant life 

 depends more on light than temperature'' 

 and the discovery of this law will revolu- 

 tionize the culture of plants especially under 

 glass, is not likely to cause greenhouse men 

 to scrap their heating plants or even ease 

 their minds about their future coal bills. 



Possibly the Government experts have 

 discovered something hitherto unknown, but 

 in presenting it to the unscientific pulilic 

 have not guarded against the sensational 

 presentation of their discoveries. 



As a cub at Kew Gardens the writer well 

 recalls the damage done to the tender 

 exotics in the stove house by two con- 

 tinuous weeks of London fog. Each morn- 

 ing more leaves came off or turned yellow 

 until pot and stems seemed more conspic- 

 uous than foliage. He also recalls the con- 

 troversy about tinted glass. The scientilic 

 men decided glass of a green tint was the 

 right thing with which to glaze the large 

 Palm house to prevent the Summer sun from 

 scorching the plants. Later science proved 

 it was the worst color they could have used, 

 and that clear glass was the best. 



Nature seems to have a fair idea what 

 she wants and the limits or laws governin.g 

 her needs are fairly well known. It docs 

 not take a very experienced greenhouse 

 man to know when the temperature has 

 fallen too low in the houses under his care 

 during the night, and it is just as obvious 

 by the effect on the plants when it gets too 

 high. 



Light, heat, moisture and food are all 

 necessary to the growth of plants. The 



Putting In Our Oar 

 About Orchids 



Sometimes I think that there is more sense, that is 

 sheer nonsense; than there is sense, that is common 

 sense. 



Take orchids for example. 



What a lot of bunk you hear about how seedlings 

 grown in this country are not a success. 

 Sure enough, many are not. 



Growing seedlings takes sense. A rather uncommon 

 variety of common sense. 



So do French Hydrangeas. 



Still most folks admit we are growing just as fine ones 

 as ever were chucked under the chin by a Frenchman. 



For the last six months our orchid seedlings have 

 been in flower. 



The prices have always averaged higher than species. 

 Buy a few seedlings each year, and by the time the 

 species are exhausted you will have a fine lot of the 

 seedlings to fall back on. 



Be uncommonly sensible and act on your common 



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proportion must necessarily vary with each 

 kind of plant. 



.\ brief study of Geographical Botany 

 will reveal the type of plant Nature has 

 produced under different conditions. The 

 cactus or that type plant that presents the 

 least surface to the sun will be found to 

 dominate in the localities of intense sun- 

 light and little moisture. In the more 

 humid or cloudy portions of the earth, the 

 type follows along that of presenting the 

 greatest surface to the light, but moisture 

 and temperature seem to be the great 

 dominating factors in the growth of plants, 

 providing there is enough light for them 

 to function. 



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