AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



one half inches across." As far as my experience 

 goes it is not hardy, and is a worthless because 

 impossible plant in northern regions. None of 

 my plants reached a greater height than three 

 inches, the balance of the eight feet never materi- 

 alizing, and the first dash of frost tumbled down 

 the feeble three inches. I tried these seeds for 

 three successive years with the same result. 

 Little has been said of this plant lately by the 

 seedsmen, but a few individuals, who doubt- 

 less still have some of the stock of this novelty 

 left on their hands, continue to quote it in 

 their catalogues. It is a common weed in the 

 sandy woods of Maryland and Virginia and 

 farther south, and has been known to botanists 

 for a century. 



For fully ten years past I have tried carefully 

 every variety of Carnation which the dealers 

 have certified to be hardy, but thus far with no 

 satisfactory results. The last variety I tried was 

 known as the Hardy Garden Carnation, and 

 during the first winter every plant died. The 

 second year a few of the plants survived, but the 

 bloom was scanty, and, while I purpose to give 

 this variety a still further trial, I cannot say at 

 the present time that I know of a satisfactory 



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