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CHANGES OF SOIL AND CLIMATE. 



Some kinds are more sensitive to their conditions 

 than others. Many varieties of fruits which do well 

 in one locality are worthless in others. Some of these 

 flowers will do hetter in certain, soils and climates than 

 others. Baroness Schroder is called flesh colored in 

 England. In Massachusetts, sometimes, instead of be- 

 ing pure white it has a grayish tint. In ^N'ebraska it 

 is of snowy white, and one of the most perfect flowers 

 that ever bloomed. 



Charlemagne is called an enormous flower in Roches- 

 ter, but it has been something of a disappointment in 

 other locations. We must not condemn a variety as 

 a fraud if it does not meet our expectations, for it may 

 be a success elsewhere. While we say this, there is 

 probably no flower that does so well under varied con- 

 ditions. Difference in soil will have something to do 

 with it. Of course it cannot do as well in light sand or 

 stiff clay as in the rich loam of the West. 



For instance, some apples which do well in the East 

 are of no account in the West. It is so with all kinds 

 of hardy fruits. So we must give a little chance for 

 the Paeony to show its preferences. Giganthea is a 

 fine, early pink, producing an enormous flower. It is 

 popular and satisfactory in the Atlantic States. Test- 

 ing it three or four years, it does not come up to its 

 Eastern standard. A large single one said to be nine 

 inches across and a splendid flower in Indiana has ab- 

 solutely done nothing for five years in ISTebraska. It 



