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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



EPTEMBER, 1917 



better and its lifetime so much longer that it 

 easily outranks that. From early May to the 

 last of June it is full of blossoms. As a 

 setting for pale yellow or old rose Tulips, or 

 combined with Irises, such as Flavescens or 

 Mrs. Alan Gray, it is perfect. 



Perry's Variety, I understand, was one of 

 the parents of the new Phlox Arendsii, a 

 distinct race that has attracted a good deal 

 of interest, and of which Charlotte, palest 

 lavender; Louise, lavender with a darker eye; 

 Crete, white; and Helene, much like P. divari- 

 cata, are all most promising plants, with semi- 

 dwarf, branching habit and a very long season 

 of bloom, beginning in May. The rest of the 

 Arendsii varieties seem to me too uncertain 

 and washy in color to be of much value. 



TN SPITE of its cumbersome name, none of 

 the newer plants possesses a more distinct 

 and delicatecharmthan the Thalictrum diptero- 

 carpum. Its foliage is in the same decorative, 

 maiden-hair-fern style of all of its genus, but 

 the flowers are totally distinct. The panicles 

 of bloom are pyramidal in shape, tapering to a 

 tip of undeveloped buds. The tiny flowers 

 are suspended from thread-like stems, their 

 soft lavender petals reflexed to show the fluff 

 of pale Yellow stamens below. The little 

 round buds at the tip of the spray look like a 

 shower of falling water-drops; buds and stems 

 alike are tinted the same soft lavender. The 



whole plant has an effect that is indescribably 

 airy and delicate. My plants have not grown 

 taller than four feet, but perhaps when well 

 established they will attain the six credited 

 them by the nurserymen. The one drawback 

 is its sensitiveness to our damp and rainy 

 winters. Cold seems not to affect it, but 

 poorly drained soil is generally fatal. There- 

 fore, I advise wintering it over in a frame. 



/^\FTEN I have wondered why Salvia azurea 

 ^-* is not better known. Its lovely soft blue 

 flowers are splendid for cutting, and invaluable 

 in the garden at their season. Perhaps now 

 that the rather more showy Pitcheri has ap- 

 peared it may help to bring more appreciation 

 to the older but equally good type. The rela- 

 tion between the two is exactly that between 

 the Anchusa Opal and Anchusa Dropmore. 

 Pitcheri has very fine deep blue flowers, per- 

 haps just a trifle smaller than azurea, and its 

 season of bloom is two weeks later, extending 

 into October. These Salvias should be given 

 full sun, and, like Chrysanthemums, be pinched 

 back at least twice during the summer. 



The new Salvia Greigi has the same lip-like 

 formation of flower as azurea and Pitcheri, but 

 its color is a delicious soft cerise, very much 

 resembling that splendid Phlox, Sigrid Arnold- 

 son, or a newly opened Laurent Carle Rose. 

 The plant is really a miniature shrub, about 

 two and a half feet tall, with small, rounded, 



strongly sage-scented leaves. If the number 

 of its flowers was in proportion to the length 

 of its blooming season, it would be invaluable; 

 as it is, not enough flowers open at a time to 

 make a very showy effect, though there are 

 always more or less, from June to October, 

 except for a short rest in August. It seems 

 to be at its best in September, when, for a few 

 days it quite covers itself with glory. Salvia 

 virgata nemerosa is also a wonderfully prolific 

 bloomer, though to insure this, the old flower 

 heads must be religiously cut off. Its rich 

 violet blossoms contrast well with the reddish 

 purple bracts out of which they appear, but 

 the plant is of no particular grace or distinction 

 of habit. Perhaps the least attractive of the 

 four Salvias is uliginosa; which is a great pity, 

 as it is quite the most rampant grower I know 

 of in hardy plants. Tiny seedlings, set out 

 in July were by October big plants three and a 

 half feet tall by two feet broad, and with 

 dozens of flower spikes. These are very simi- 

 lar to azurea and Pitcheri, but the flowers are 

 only about half as large, and not many open 

 at once, — which again is a pity, as they are of a 

 very pretty clear blue, with white markings. 

 However, a mass should make a very good 

 appearance in some corner of the rougher part 

 of the garden, where their underground stems 

 can spread at their own sweet will. In spite of 

 its rampant growth, Salvia uliginosa is of 

 doubtful hardiness north of Philadelphia. 



Food and Home Economies That Can 



Finance the War 



The Food Administration Says: To Save Food — 



USE THE PERISHABLE FOODS. — Fruits and vegetables we have in abun- 

 dance. As a nation we eat too little green stuffs. Double their use and improve 

 your health. Store potatoes and other roots properly and they will keep. Begin 

 now to can or dry all surplus garden products. 



SAVE THE WHEAT. — One wheatless meal a day. Use corn, oatmeal, rye, or 

 barley and non-wheat breakfast foods. Order bread twenty-four hours in advance 

 so your baker will not bake beyond his needs. Cut the loaf on the table and only as 

 required. Use stale bread for cooking, toast, etc. Eat less cake and pastry. 



Our wheat harvest is far below normal. If each person weekly saves one pound 

 of wheat flour that means 150,000,000 more bushels of wheat for the Allies to mix 

 in their bread. This will help them to save DEMOCRACY. 



SAVE THE MEAT. — Beef, mutton or pork not more than once daily. Use 

 freely vegetables and fish. At the meat meal serve smaller portions, and stews 

 instead of steaks. Make made-dishes of all left-overs. Do this and there will 

 be meat enough for every one at a reasonable price. We are to-day killing the 

 dairy cows and female calves as the result of high price. Therefore, eat less and 

 eat no young meat. If we save an ounce of meat each day per person, we will 

 have an additional supply equal to 2,200,000 cattle. 



SAVE THE MILK. — The children must have milk. Use every drop. Use 

 buttermilk and sour milk for cooking and making cottage cheese. Use less cream. 



SAVE THE FATS. — We are the world's greatest fat wasters. Fat is food. Butter 

 is essential for the growth and health of children. Use butter on the table as 

 usual but not in cooking. Other fats are as good. Reduce use of fried foods. 

 Save daily one third ounce animal fats. Soap contains fats. Do not waste it. 

 Make your own washing soap at home out of the saved fats. Use one third ounce 

 less per day of animal fat and 375,000 tons will be saved yearly. 



SAVE THE SUGAR. — Sugar is scarcer. We use to-day three times as much 

 per person as our Allies. So that there may be enough for all at reasonable prices 

 use less candy and sweet drinks. Do not stint sugar in putting up fruit and jams. 

 They will save butter. If every one in America saves one ounce of sugar daily, it 

 means 1,100,000 tons for the year. 



SAVE THE FUEL. — Coal comes from a distance and our railways are overbur- 

 dened hauling war material. Help relieve them by burning fewer fires. Use wood 

 when you can get it. 



USE LOCAL SUPPLIES. — Patronize your local producer. Distance means 

 money. Buy perishable food from the neighborhood nearest you and thus save 

 transportation. 



Buy less, serve smaller portions. 



Preach the "Gospel of the Clean Plate." 



Don't eat a fourth meal. 



Don't limit the plain food of growing children. 



Watch out for the wastes in the Community. 



Full garbage pails in America mean empty dinner pails in Europe. 



If the more fortunate of our people will avoid waste and eat no more than they 

 need, the high cost of living problem of the less fortunate will be solved. 



Here's the Thing to do With the Money Saved: 



BUY LIBERTY BONDS BY YOUR GARDEN.— Spending the day in a hot 



canning kitchen or pulling weeds in the garden is a whole lot less dramatic for a 

 woman, than dressing up in khaki and drilling and also a whole lot more useful; and 

 it can save the money that will send a man to the front who is proud of the chance 

 to go and proud of the quiet services at home that save the money that gives him a 

 chance to serve his country. 



BUY LIBERTY BONDS FROM WHEAT.— Put aside the money you save 

 on limiting your wheat diet and put it into the hands of the Government so that the 

 men at the front will have bread and guns and airplanes and whatever else they 

 need to win. The food you save will feed our soldiers and our Allies and the 

 money you save by saving food, if you buy Liberty Bonds with it, will be used to 

 give our soldiers the equipment and training to give them a fair chance in battle. 



BUY LIBERTY BONDS FROM MEAT.— Put aside the money you save by a 

 meatless meal and by your care of left-overs and save it to buy Liberty Bonds. 

 The Government will have to borrow 12 to 15 billions of dollars every twelve months 

 for the conduct of the war. It must get a part' of it from you. 



BUY LIBERTY BONDS FROM MILK AND CREAM.— What you do not use 



will be used by some child who would have had to do without ; and the money you 

 saved, therefore, will help save the world for democracy if you give it to the Govern- 

 ment in return for a Liberty Bond which makes you a shareholder in the great 

 company of democracy. 



BUY LIBERTY BONDS WITH FATS, and save anything else you can. The 

 Liberty Bonds must be bought from savings. If you borrow to buy bonds it is 

 permanent help to your country until you have paid off the debt and then the lender 

 can buy bonds with the money. But if you save and buy bonds you are imme- 

 diately serving your country. 



BUY LIBERTY BONDS WITH SUGAR. — Sugar is sweet, but life is sweeter 

 and thousands of lives a day are lost as long as the war goes on. Give the Govern- 

 ment all the money it wants to give our army and navy everything it needs to hasten 

 victory and establish a righteous peace. 



BUY LIBERTY BONDS WITH COAL.— Save the fuel and the fuel bills. 

 Every ton of coal that you don't burn will buy a quarter of a ton of shipping that is 

 vitally needed — if you save the money and give it to the Government by buying 

 bonds. 



HOW TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS. — If you do not know where or how to buy 

 Liberty Bonds go to the nearest post office, or bank, and find out ; and then see that 

 every one else in your neighborhood knows. 



Get your money ready now to buy when the next loan is issued. 



Keep right on saving so as to be ready for the loan after that. , 



See that every one in your neighborhood knows when and where to buy Liberty 



Bonds. 



