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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1906 



Beautiful Fringed Gentian 



I take pleasure in offering seed of this beautiful, 

 hardy biennial for the first time (it has never been 

 offered before). In The Garden Magazine for Decem- 

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 been awarded to Mr. Thomas Murray for discovering 

 the method of cultivating this beautiful Blue Gentian, and 

 I have made arrangements with him for his entire stock. 



DESCRIPTION 



Plants grow erect, branching, height one to two feet; bear flowers of a deep 

 camilean blue, which are beautifully fringed at the edges. 



Price, 50 cents per packet. $1.25 for 3 packets. 



With Full Cultural Directions. 



Package of Sphagnum moss sufficient to sow one packet of Gentian, 

 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents, prepaid. 



(For full description see the December Number of The Gakden Magazine) 



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How to Write Plant Names 



Q. I wish to contribute a humble article 

 to The Garden Magazine, and I should 

 hate to commit all those crimes of nomencla- 

 ture, spelling, capitalization, etc., that you 

 scold about. Won't you publish your style- 

 sheet so as to give an ordinary person a 

 chance? H. R. M. 



A. Did we scold? We apologize. It is 

 only in books that such things are inexcu- 

 sable, because we have a standard in the 

 "Cyclopedia of American Horticulture." In 

 magazine manuscript one expects that sort 

 of thing. But what a blessed relief it is to 

 get the other kind! 



Names. Give the common name of a 

 plant first, with the standard name in pa- 

 renthesis, followed by the nursery name, if 

 that is different from the one prepared by the 

 "Cyclopedia of American Horticulture," e. g. 

 Japanese iris (Iris laevigata, known to the 

 trade as /. Kcempjeri). 



Dates. In giving dates for performing 

 horticultural operations, tell the place and give 

 some other item to check the calendar, e. g. 

 "The seeds of hardy vegetables should be 

 sown near New York in April ; the early crop 

 April 1st, or whenever the plowing season 

 begins; the main crop April 15th or as soon 

 as the trees leaf out." 



capitalize: 



Generic names except when used in the plurcl and not 

 derived from a proper name, e. g. Aralia, chrysanthemums, 

 Jeffersonias. Exceptions: dahlia, begonia and a few others 

 derived from proper names, but which through usage are 

 common English words. 



Specific names only when derived from proper names, 

 either of person, as Pentstemon Clevelandi; or of country, 

 as Passifora Brasiliensis; or when it is a noun in apposition, 

 as Cinnamomum Camphora. Follow the " Cyclopedia of 

 American Horticulture." 



Horticultural varieties, e. g. Azalea Indica, var. Hortense 

 Lambert, Diadem, etc. 



Botanical varieties only when derived from proper names. 

 italicize: 



Both names when genus and species are given together, 

 as Aralia spinosa; or all three when genus, species and va- 

 riety are given, as Phoenix humilis, var. Hanceana. 



Fire-Started Seeds 



SEEDS of the dainty plant sometimes 

 called mountain fringe (Adlnmia) are 

 exceedingly slow to germinate, and are too 

 small to be filed. I noticed young plants 

 growing in circles in the woods around spots 

 where fires had been built. By planting 

 adlumia seeds in boxes, and almost, but not 

 quite, baking the soil, I had them up in a 

 week's time. The same plan worked well 

 with forget-me-not and columbine seeds. 

 Michigan. Carroll Watson Rankin. 



