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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September. 1909 



The 

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" Freckles " 



Jill readers 

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A Girl of the Limberlost 



WHEN that irresistible young Irishman, "Freckles," 

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 The book will undoubtedly repeat the striking success of 

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By GENE 

 STRATTON-PORTER 



Four illustrations in color by Wladys- 

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variable and therefore the most likely to yield 

 improvements quickly. Moreover, the commonest 

 are presumably best adapted to our climate and 

 therefore to common cultivation, or else have some 

 special requirement that makes them unfit for a 

 wide popularity. As to color, I have seen every 

 shade from primrose to orange; also flowers that 

 turned white in a day or two after opening. 



Someone ought to try to get red, pink, scarlet, 

 and crimson from these flowers. The best way 

 would be to hybridize the common marsh cups with 

 some other species, e. g. Caltha biflora, which has 

 nearly white or sometimes bluish flowers, and is 

 found from California to Alaska. Another white- 

 flowered species is Caltha leptosepala, a strong- 

 growing plant of Alaska to Washington and 

 Colorado. But the most promising one for hybridi- 

 zation seems to be Caltha natans, with white or 

 pinkish flowers. The only station where it is 

 reported from the United States is Tower, Michigan, 

 but it is also found in Arctic America. It is said 

 that this species flowers during the summer, thus 

 rendering the hybridizing of this and the early 

 blooming Caltha palustris a very difficult matter. 

 Perhaps with care, the latter could be kept dormant 

 till summer, or the pollen held over, perhaps. 



However, the writer once dwelt not very far from 

 Lake Superior, and is well aware that a certain 

 species will bloom much earlier in Southeastern 



The marsh marigold (Caltha ■palustl is) is the first 

 vividly colored wild flower of spring, its blossoms 

 generally appearing in the North early in April 



Michigan than it will in the vicinity of Lake 

 Superior. The flowers are generally about an inch 

 across, but I think in cultivation their size could 

 easily be increased to two inches. 



As a garden plant the marsh cup has three 

 peculiarities: First, it should be heavily watered 

 in March, as in the wild it blooms when the ground 

 is covered with water, or else very wet; second, 

 after blooming it should be allowed to dry out. 

 The whole plant naturally dies down in July when 

 the ground becomes very dry; therefore, plants 

 should be dug in summer or autumn when dormant 

 and not in the spring. Third, some other plant 

 should always be associated with the marsh cup to 

 cover the ground with bloom when the marsh cup 

 is dormant. 



I wish some enterprising florist would try to force 

 a few plants of the marsh cup for Christmas. I 

 believe they would make an attraction for which he 

 could get a high price. 



What amateur will undertake the task of getting 

 a double pink marsh cup? And what country 

 gentleman can show the best result from planting 

 marsh cups on a large scale ? 



Michigan. Wilfred A. Brotherton. 



