302 transactions of the american institute. 



What Plants are Hardy in Vermont. 



Mrs. E. D. Brown writes from New Haven, Addison county, Yt., as fol- 

 lows: 



"I noticed in the discussion of the American Institute Farmers' Club of 

 last week an inquiry from a lady residing in Castleton, Vt., in regard to 

 shrubs and seeds adapted to that section. As I reside only thirty-five 

 miles north of that place, and have devoted some time for the past six or 

 eight years to the cultivation of flowers and shrubs, I will attempt a reply, 

 as far as my experience can testify. I have found that, with good soil and 

 tolerable cultivation, the following shrubs are hardy in lat. 44: Lilacs, 

 syringas, snowberry, currants, Tartarian honeysuckles, fire or burning 

 bush, smoke or fringe tree, flowering almond, rose acacia, American fringe 

 or white spires, privet or prim. Box is not hardy with us, though it thrives 

 well in some localities in this vicinity. Of climbing shrubs, ivy, clematis, 

 honeysuckles (of which I have only three varieties), scarlet monthly, pale- 

 faced early fragrant, and Canada, beside one, said to be a native of this 

 State, which we call rough-leafed woodbine (flowers a beautiful orange); 

 the wistaria and trumpet vine I have seen, but not cultivated, consequently 

 cannot report as to their hardiness. My list of roses is small; what I have 

 succeed well. I have none of the climbers, except the Boursault, which 

 hardly deserves the name. I think most of the bulbs may be successfully 

 cultivated here from what I know of tulips, gladiolas, hyacinths, and lilies; 

 tubers, as peonias and dahlias, do well; the choice varieties of dahlias re- 

 quire care in maturing and keeping through the winter. All the so-called 

 hardy perennials, with a little protection through the winter, give us, away 

 up here, good satisfaction — perhaps because we see nothing better to con- 

 trast unfavorably. Annuals, in endless variety, may be grown here, of 

 which perhaps asters and petunias excel. If the lady in Castleton declines 

 Mr. Fuller's proposition, I would be highly gratified to have it transferred 

 to me. 



" Success depends much, if not wholly, upon beginning right. I mean 

 preparation of borders, as Dr. Grant would express it. I would recommend 

 to floral amateurs, if they aspire to and expect best results, to read what 

 he says on that subject in the three or four first numbers of Landmarks." 



Chiccory. 



g Mrs. L. B. Coggshall writes to Mr. Solon Robinson as follows : 



' " You have invited ' letters from the people,' or I should not feel free to 



trouble you. 



" I have something to ask, and something to ofier. 



" Coffee is so dear that many are using dandelion root, dock root and rye. 

 Chiccory is said to be equal to coffee, but where can we obtain the seed? 

 [At any large city seed store.] 



" I always look over the reports of the American Institute Farmers' 

 Club, and there I learned that others had applied to and were likely to get 

 seed from that body." 



The same lady writes the following about 



