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as they do much better than when trans- 

 planted. 



Dahlias: Plant the tubers now. There 

 are no flowers that pay so well for the small 

 amount of care that is necessary to bring 

 them to perfection as does the dahlia. All 

 they need is a rich soil and plenty of water 

 and their flowers regularly cut in order to 

 make them produce more. 



Gladiolus: Plant in full sun light. Set 

 them so that the top of the bulb is three 

 inches beneath the surface of the soil and 

 give plenty of water until the flowers have 

 been perfected. 



Santa Barbara. W. H. Morse. 



A Better Evergreen Vine than 

 the English Ivy 



To the Editor: 



On page 287 of the January number of 

 The Garden Magazine I notice that you 

 "damn with faint praise" Euonymus radicans. 

 It is perfectly hardy and for covering the 

 walls of a house is very much more effective 

 than English ivy. The vine is really de- 

 serving of a greater popularity than Japanese 

 ivy (Ampelopsis tricuspidata, A. Veitchii), 

 which is used by the hundred thousand. Of 

 course, it takes longer to cover a house than 

 with the ampelopsis, but the effect is ever 

 so much better. In fact, the best effect I have 

 ever seen on any house was obtained by 

 using Euonymus radicans on the house of 

 Mrs. H. F. Watson of Erie, Pa. The vines 

 were planted twelve years ago and now al- 

 most cover the house, a large stone one, 

 and on one side of the house the vine has 

 grown clear to the top of one of the chimneys. 



The curious thing about this vine is that 

 it changes entirely the character of its growth 

 after it is a few years old. The young plants 

 cling closely to the walls, and have small, fine 

 leaves, but after it is a few years old the vine 

 throws out strong branches like a shrub, and 

 the leaves are four or five times as large, 

 being almost identical with those of Euony- 

 mus Japonicus. 



The Euonymus radicans on the house 

 shown on page 286 of the January issue 

 has never been protected, and has been sub- 

 jected to a temperature of 24 below zero. 



Pittsburg, Pa. J. W. Elliott. 



